ORLEY FARM SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 312637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORLEY FARM SCHOOL, ORLEY FARM SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

To advance the education of boys and/or girls by the provision of a school known as Orley Farm School Trust in Harrow on the Hill, and any other boarding school or day school for the education of boys and/or girls and by ancillary or incidental educational activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by Crowe U.K. LLP, which confirmed compliance with auditing standards and relevant laws including the Companies Act 2006 and Charities SORP. The auditor identified the greatest risk of material impact from the override of controls by management but did not report any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00628541

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHAH, Chetan — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
• LASHKARI, Tulsi Vijay — director, appointed 01/10/2021on trustee list
• CLIFFE, Carol — director, appointed 02/09/2019on trustee list
• LAND, William Martin Alistair — director, appointed 02/09/2019on trustee list
• KOTHARI, Shivani — director, appointed 18/06/2018on trustee list
• MALDE, Leena — director, appointed 01/09/2017on trustee list
• SOFAT, Anil — director, appointed 01/09/2016on trustee list
• SHORT, Mary Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 31/01/2015on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Michael John — director, appointed 04/04/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~28.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Mary Elizabeth Shortchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anil Sofat
• COLIN JOHN HAYFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Cliffe
• Chetan Shah
• Leena Malde
• Michael John Andrews
• Shivani Kothari
• Tulsi Lashkari
• William Martin Alastair Land

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST HILDA'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

• ST HILDA'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £16.0m
• OAKHYRST GRANGE SCHOOL CIO income £1.8m
• ORWELL PARK SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD income £5.1m
• BEIS CHINUCH PRIMARY SCHOOL LIMITED income £1.4m
• BEAUDESERT PARK SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £8.5m
• THE MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £696k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.