CASTLE COURT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 325028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CASTLE COURT PREPARATORY SCHOOL, CASTLE COURT SCHOOL

The advancement of education generally, by operating a co-educational day school for 2-13 year olds to provide an education of high academic standard and breadth of experience in a happy, caring, purposeful and Christian environment.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school reported an operating loss of £112,867 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Despite this loss, total net assets increased to £4,704,129, and the trustees confirmed that resources are sufficient to finance ordinary activities and continuing development.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fletcher & Partners. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Katie Johnson — Head (source)
• Mr Ian Johnston — Chair (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.3m. 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)

Reported reserves equal ~15.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Pringle
• Benjamin Griffiths
• Caroline Riley
• Colin Hartland
• Hannah Doust
• Ian Johnston
• Timothy Dewes

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £1.4m
• THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £3.5m
• EWELL CASTLE SCHOOL income £12.6m
• THE NORTHUMBRIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD income £2.9m
• YORK HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.1m
• ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £17.3m

Side by side with its peers

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