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WILLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 312733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLINGTON SCHOOL

The school is committed to achieving the highest all round educational standards for its pupils and to enabling the boys to move on to a range of leading senior independent schools for the completion of their education.

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Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£3.6m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £290,855 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £3,873,246. Per the trustees' report, the charity had no free reserves at the year-end due to substantial investments in school facilities, although the directors maintain a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Due to the need to pay for continuing substantial investments during the year in developing School facilities, the charity had no free reserves at 31 August 2025.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One director had children who attended Willington School during the year. They were charged standard rates.
“One director had children who attended Willington School during the year (2024: one). They were charged standard rates, and were not involved in the setting of school fees.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. 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)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£3.6m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
46

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 (97% 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: Merton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£3.9m£3.6m
31/08/2024£3.9m£3.4m
31/08/2023£3.3m£2.9m
31/08/2022£2.9m£2.6m
31/08/2021£3.3m£3.3m

Common questions

Is WILLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £290,855 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £3,873,246. Per the trustees' report, the charity had no free reserves at the year-end due to substantial investments in school facilities, although the directors maintain a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
W G S TRUST1£3.2m
THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£454k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£345k
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION1£173k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST1£127k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£67k
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£59k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£38k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WILLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED£3.9m——below—no doubt
THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£320k—0unclear—no doubt
WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL FY2025£11.3m——unclear—no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FY2025£22.9m——above—no doubt
THE WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£132k—0below—no doubt

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