MORE HOUSE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 312737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MORE HOUSE SCHOOL · filing overdue (register status)

More House Trust Ltd operates More House School, an independent catholic secondary day school for girls.

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Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £468,743 for the year ended 31 August 2024, resulting in total funds of £30,557. The auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to forecast losses and the need for additional funding within 12 months. Despite this, the trustees maintain that the school has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £170,001 - £180,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£170,000 to £180,000 4” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least one term's income
“The target set by the Governors that at least one term's income should be kept as a general reserve” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: James J. Fyfe, a Governor, was paid £16,000 for executive services.
“One Governor received £16,000 during the year for executive services to the charity”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Director's husband paid for marketing services
“Ernest Coco-Bassey, the husband of the Director of Finance and Resources (Suzana Coco-Bassey) was paid fees for marketing services during the year ended 31 August 2024 of £1,500” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
35

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 (80% 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: 1.4% 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: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£3.3m£3.7m
31/08/2024£3.1m£3.5m
31/08/2023£3.0m£3.4m
31/08/2022£3.2m£3.6m
31/07/2021£3.2m£3.5m

Common questions

Is MORE HOUSE TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £468,743 for the year ended 31 August 2024, resulting in total funds of £30,557. The auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to forecast losses and the need for additional funding within 12 months. Despite this, the trustees maintain that the school has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

What does the highest-paid employee of MORE HOUSE TRUST LTD earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £170,001 - £180,000 band.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MORE HOUSE TRUST LTD£3.3m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL FY2024£4.8m£130,001 - £140,000—below—not going concern
THORPE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£5.5m——unclear—no doubt
GLEBE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LTD FY2025£2.5m——below—material uncertainty
DAIR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt

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