THE REDDIFORD SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 312641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REDDIFORD SCHOOL

To advance the education of boys and girls in the local area, preparing them to take their place in the world as useful citizens.

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Latest income

£3.1m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £267,134 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds to £4,686,919. The trustees consider the available resources sufficient to meet liabilities as they fall due and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Free reserves available for general expenditure were £880,366, held against a policy to maintain funds for day-to-day operations and building repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School Fees (96% of income)

“School Fees 3,008,167” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: to hold enough funds to meet the day to day operation of running the School and to have enough funds to maintain the buildings in a good standard of repair (held: £880k)

“The Trustees reserve policy is to hold enough funds to meet the day to day operation of running the School and to have enough funds to maintain the buildings in a good standard of repair.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKW Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs J Batt — Head (source)

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.

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

Total income

£3.1m

Total spending

£3.4m

Reserves (reported)

£4.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~16.5 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 (96% 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

Allan Cairnschair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alison McCabe · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Ojo
Dr Rollo Hesketh
Lauren Mercurius-Mascoll · trustee of 1 other charity
Reddiford School Trustee

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

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.1m	£3.4m
31/08/2024	£3.5m	£3.2m
31/08/2023	£3.2m	£3.4m
31/08/2022	£3.3m	£3.4m
31/08/2021	£3.4m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is THE REDDIFORD SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £267,134 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds to £4,686,919. The trustees consider the available resources sufficient to meet liabilities as they fall due and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Free reserves available for general expenditure were £880,366, held against a policy to maintain funds for day-to-day operations and building repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKW Accountancy Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£320

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST.

AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST income £1.5m
PARKSIDE SCHOOL TRUST income £4.5m
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED income £4.9m
KINGSWOOD HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.3m
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL income £2.7m
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE REDDIFORD SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKSIDE SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£4.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSWOOD HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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