THOMAS HEATHERLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 312872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEATHERLEY'S, HEATHERLEYS, THE HEATHERLEY SCHOOL OF FINE ART

Education/TrainingArts/culture

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £96,667 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit of £131,586 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £798,186, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' running costs valued at £629,463. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00977615

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.

• TIMNEY, Sue, Professor — director, appointed 30/03/2026on trustee list
• PARKER, Rachel — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• CHRISTIE, Frances — director, appointed 11/10/2023on trustee list
• LEIGHTON, Robert Smith — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
• SHANKS, Murray George — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
• PENN, Christopher — director, appointed 23/03/2022on trustee list
• SHARP, Richard — director, appointed 19/04/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Penn
• Frances Christie · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Eagle
• Lord Nicolas Gage
• Murray George Shanks · trustee of 3 other charities
• Professor Sue Timney
• RICHARD SHARP
• Rachel Parker
• Robert Smith Leighton

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Common questions

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