Forest School, London

Registered charity 312677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST SCHOOL, FOREST SCHOOL, ESSEX

Latest income

£39.0m

Latest spending

£37.1m

Registered

1964

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£39.0m

Total spending

£37.1m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£18.6m

Employees

267

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Dr SANIYA MARRIAM HADI
Dr Steven Berryman · trustee of 3 other charities
JANE DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
Kateryna Law
Neena Lall OBE
Richard Mann
The Venerable Michael Andrew Power
William Fuller
Yemisi Gibbons

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£39.0m	£37.1m
31/08/2024	£34.4m	£34.0m
31/08/2023	£31.5m	£31.0m
31/08/2022	£28.4m	£27.8m
31/08/2021	£25.9m	£25.4m

Common questions

Who funds Forest School, London?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Forest School, London as a grant recipient include THE CROSS TRUST, THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST, Wokingham United Charities, RICHARD REEVE'S FOUNDATION, THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CROSS TRUST	FY2024	£50k
THE CROSS TRUST	FY2025	£29k
THE CROSS TRUST	FY2023	£21k
THE CROSS TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
Wokingham United Charities	FY2024	£6k
RICHARD REEVE'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k
THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND	FY2025	£300
THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND	FY2023	£0
THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND	FY2024	£0