FONTHILL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 325071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FONTHILL LODGE SCHOOL, FONTHILL LODGE SCHOOL LIMITED, FONTHILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED, FONTHILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED AT EAST GRINSTEAD IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX

Charity established in September 2011 for the furtherance of education

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£107k

Latest spending

£2.4m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,242,250 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward decreasing to £2,601,216 from £4,843,466 the previous year. The Trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing healthy investments despite the deficit. No specific reserves policy target was stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to enable the Charity to continue to make grants to suitable applicants for the medium term (reserves figure: £2.5m)

“The Trustees wish to ensure that the level of reserves and investments are sufficient to enable the Charity to continue to make grants to suitable applicants for the medium term, subject to any further decisions on legacy spending.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Victoria Jane Henleychair · trustee of 2 other charities
Adrian Edward Carver
Dr Andrew Ian Spiers · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Lloyd
Niki Cannon

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Kenya · Romania · Sri Lanka · Tanzania · Uganda · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£107k	£2.4m
31/08/2024	£153k	£825k
31/08/2023	£162k	£539k
31/08/2022	£172k	£423k
31/08/2021	£162k	£505k

Common questions

Is FONTHILL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,242,250 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward decreasing to £2,601,216 from £4,843,466 the previous year. The Trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing healthy investments despite the deficit. No specific reserves policy target was stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWHAM FOUNDATION.

NEWHAM FOUNDATION income £305k
THE FOUNTAIN TRUST income £115k
FHS TRUST LIMITED income £1.9m
THE FULBRIGHT FOUNDATION income £55k
AL-FALAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £277k
FAIRFIELD SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £37k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FONTHILL FOUNDATION	£107k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWHAM FOUNDATION FY2025	£305k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE FOUNTAIN TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FHS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	noted
THE FULBRIGHT FOUNDATION FY2025	£55k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AL-FALAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£277k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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