LITTLEGARTH SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 325064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLEGARTH SCHOOL (DEDHAM) LIMITED, LITTLEGARTH SCHOOL (DEDHAM) LIMITED AT DEDHAM IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX

The School is an educational charity to benefit the public by providing first class primary education to children between the ages of 2.5 and 11 independent of the State system. We aim to inspire a life long love of learning, enable each pupil to develop a range of talents and encourage self confidence. We offer an environment where each child can develop and fulfil his or her potential.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN CONNEXION THEREWITH TO CONDUCT CARRY ON OR ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EITHER OR BOTH SEXES.

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 incoming resource of £29,209 for the year, with unrestricted free reserves of £852,975 at year-end. The Governors confirmed that there is no material uncertainty regarding going concern, citing adequate resources and sufficient external finance facilities to provide working capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA Audit Services LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Keohanechair
• Ashley Blows
• Charles Cryer
• Dr Yashshree Uttarwar
• Harriet Oliver
• Hilary Vipond
• Jayne Gee
• John King
• Maria Frances Oats
• Richard Clegg
• Simon Stafford

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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