HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY

Registered charity 313996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To operate schools for boys and girls at Elstree, Hertfordshire, and to support federated Haberdasher Academies in Greater London

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Latest income

£68.0m

Latest spending

£66.8m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £126.7m, with unrestricted funds standing at £30.0m. The Trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for at least 12 months, supported by strong investment performance and a surplus from school operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £250,001 - £260,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £130k)

“£250,001 to £260,000” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: no unrestricted general fund reserve (held: £30.0m)

“The Trustee considers that the level of unapplied total return in the endowment fund is sufficient to cover unexpected short-term needs for which a reserve might otherwise be maintained, so is content for the Schools to maintain no unrestricted general fund reserve.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools Trading Limited

“One non-charitable subsidiary company is controlled by HAESL: Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools Trading Limited (registration number 3073480).” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £220,001 - £230,000 (FY2024) to £250,001 - £260,000 (FY2025).
Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

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

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: HABERDASHERS ELSTREE SCHOOLS TRADING LIMITED Companies House 03073480

HABERDASHERS ELSTREE SCHOOLS TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £551k
Profit before tax: £313k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £313k

“the profit of £313,132 (2024: £253,318) has been recognized as a distribution payable to the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Charity”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Caroline Davis — Prime Warden (source)

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.

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

Total income

£68.0m

Total spending

£66.8m

Cost of raising funds

£2.0m

Reserves (reported)

£30.0m

Employees

588

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Haberdashers' Aske's Elstree Schools Limited
THE CORPORATION BEARING THE NAME OR STYLE OF “GOVERNORS OF THE POSSESSIONS AND REVENUES OF THE HOSPITAL AT HOXTON OF THE FOUNDATION OF ROBERT ASKE, ESQUIRE

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

Operates in: Bexley · Hertfordshire · Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£68.0m	£66.8m
31/08/2024	£66.6m	£67.0m
31/08/2023	£60.1m	£59.7m
31/08/2022	£54.3m	£51.7m
31/08/2021	£51.7m	£48.5m

Common questions

Is HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves increased to £126.7m, with unrestricted funds standing at £30.0m. The Trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for at least 12 months, supported by strong investment performance and a surplus from school operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £250,001 - £260,000 band.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation.

Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation income £1.2m
ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.4m
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION income £454k
THE MONMOUTH SCHOOLS' CHARITABLE TRUST income £737k
ST MARGARET'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LTD income £3.3m
EGERTON ROTHESAY income £6.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY	£68.0m	£250,001 - £260,000	—	above	—	no doubt
Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£7.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION FY2025	£454k	£60,001 - £70,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MONMOUTH SCHOOLS' CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£737k	—	0	unclear	11.3%	no doubt
ST MARGARET'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LTD FY2025	£3.3m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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