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THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION SCHOOLS OF LONDON

Registered charity 312695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and maintenance of a day school for girls and a day school for boys in London.Providing special benefits for the school of an kind not normally provided by the Local Education AuthorityAwarding exhibitions, bursaries or maintenance allowances tenable at any approved place of higher education.In otherwise promoting the education (incl social & physical training) of beneficiaries

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted and undesignated funds of £9,675,000, which represents a slight increase from the prior year. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain a blend of funds for growth and medium-term investments to ensure long-term sustainability following significant capital investment in school premises.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (51% of income)
“Total income 732 1,008 - 1,740 1,843” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Hearn Foundation gave grants totalling £96,666 to the Foundation for distribution to the Boys’ School. John Pike, a trustee of the Foundation, is also a trustee of The Hearn Foundation.
“John Pike, one of the trustees of the Foundation, is also a trustee of The Hearn Foundation. The Hearn Foundation is therefore considered to be a related party. During the year, The Hearn Foundation gave grants totalling £96,666 (2024: fnil) to the Foundation for distribution to the Boys’ School in accordance with the terms of the grant, to fund the extension of the extra-curricular activities for the Central Baccalaureate programme.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£224k
Reserves (reported)
£9.7m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~31.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London · Islington · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£3.7m
31/03/2024£1.8m£3.7m
31/03/2023£6.4m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.3m£2.4m
31/03/2021£2.9m£2.3m

Common questions

Is THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION SCHOOLS OF LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted and undesignated funds of £9,675,000, which represents a slight increase from the prior year. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain a blend of funds for growth and medium-term investments to ensure long-term sustainability following significant capital investment in school premises. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL1£350k
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD1£66k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST1£4k
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£4k
THE FAVERSHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES 20101£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QUEEN ELIZABETH I FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION SCHOOLS OF LONDON£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
QUEEN ELIZABETH I FOUNDATION FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£514k—0unclear—no doubt
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance FY2025£587k—0above—no doubt
THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND FY2025£314k—0above—no doubt

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