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 · listed website unreachable when last crawled

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reserves (reported)
£798k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; 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£1.2m£1.3m
31/08/2024£1.2m£1.3m
31/08/2023£1.2m£1.3m
31/08/2022£1.1m£1.2m
31/08/2021£932k£1.1m

Common questions

Is THOMAS HEATHERLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd.

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 CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£170k
MISSION441£75k
THE 4814 TRUST1£25k
The Leathersellers' Foundation1£25k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THOMAS HOWELL'S TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THOMAS HEATHERLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST£1.2m0unclearno doubt
THOMAS HOWELL'S TRUST FY2025£643k0unclearno doubt
SCHOOL-LED DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2024£19.0m£150,001 - £160,000unclearno doubt
THE THOMAS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£946k0unclearno doubt
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY FY2025£260k0belowno doubt
THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUND FY2024£156k0unclearnot going concern

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