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

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

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 (held: £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.

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.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£3.1m
The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOUNTAIN TRUST.

THE FOUNTAIN TRUST income £115k
THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £79.0m
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £213k
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE income £1.1m
AVE FENIX ALBION FOUNDATION LIMITED income £47k
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATION income £99k

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
THE FOUNTAIN TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£79.0m	£210,001 - £220,000	—	below	—	no doubt
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AVE FENIX ALBION FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£47k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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