ALPHA PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LTD

Registered charity 312640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALPHABETS

The provision of coeducational teaching services in a preparatory school

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves decreased from £684,784 to £504,244, driven by a net expenditure of £180,540 against incoming resources of £1,710,930. The trustees report that the unrestricted reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure has been maintained throughout the year, and the auditor confirmed there are no 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

Related-party transaction: Mr A Assani is a partner of Nunn Hayward LLP. Invoices for payroll services totalled £5,044. Amount owed at year-end was £1,500.
“Mr A Assani is a partner of Nunn Hayward LLP. During the year ended 31 July 2025, invoices from Nunn Hayward LLP in respect of payroll services totalled £5,044 (2024: £8,252). At the 31 July 2025, there amount owed to Nunn Hayward LLP £1,500 (2024: £3,020).” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KLSA LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.7m£1.9m
31/07/2024£1.7m£1.9m
31/07/2023£1.7m£1.7m
31/07/2022£1.7m£1.7m
31/07/2021£1.7m£1.6m

Common questions

Is ALPHA PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves decreased from £684,784 to £504,244, driven by a net expenditure of £180,540 against incoming resources of £1,710,930. The trustees report that the unrestricted reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure has been maintained throughout the year, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KLSA LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALPHA PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LTD£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FY2025£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
OUR LADY'S FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£817k—0above—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
THE GODSTOWE PREPARATORY SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2024£8.3m——unclear—no doubt
SEVENOAKS PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£5.6m——unclear—no doubt

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