LATYMER FOUNDATION AT HAMMERSMITH

Registered charity 312714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL

The charity runs two schools providing an opportunity for able pupils from all walks of life to develop their talents to the full. Pupils are selected as far as possible on the basis of ability without regard to financial means. Latymer Upper School is an active participant in the local community particularly through community links and partnership schools.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £6.8m for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £39.2m and total expenditure of £38.6m. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £4.9m, though it calculates available reserves at £21.8m, and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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 UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 93 (FY2024) → 88 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• What senior students really think of Boris's plan By Lucas Sommelet Latymer Upper School - london-now.co.uk london-now.co.uk · 28/02/2021

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Latymer Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Mel Smith — “Kieran joined Latymer from a local primary school on a full bursary funded by the late Mel Smith (1971).” (source page)
• Latymerian donor — “Kindly funded by a Latymerian donor since 2017, our Bright Sparks programme offers a flavour of learning at Latymer to local children.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (51 followers) · instagram (361 followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Ng
• Chantal Free
• David Benson
• Dr Lesley French
• Hadi Moussa
• Jamie Grant
• Kieran Murphy
• Laurence Floyd Hopkins
• Leanne Wood
• Mark Brewer
• Pauline Campbell
• Rob Lewis
• Sally Jackson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tiffany Winter
• Zafar Ahmadullah

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LATYMER FOUNDATION AT EDMONTON.

• THE LATYMER FOUNDATION AT EDMONTON income £469k
• THE GODOLPHIN AND LATYMER SCHOOL BURSARY FUND income £568k
• THE LYTHAM SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £342k
• PARMITER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £160k
• GODOLPHIN AND LATYMER SCHOOL income £23.1m
• THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD income £59.1m

Side by side with its peers

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