CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 510515 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL

Provision of education and nursery care for children between the ages of 2 an 11 years. Means tested bursaries are available for school age children whose families may otherwise not be able to benefit from the education offered by the school. Provision of Holiday Care Scheme for children aged 2 to 11 years, open to the school's own pupils and those from outside the school.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £226,045 for the year ended 29 August 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £700,386. The trustees confirmed that the school has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which would allow the school to operate efficiently from its cash balances (held: £700k)
“As the school building is not available for distribution, it is the policy of the trustees to continue to build up reserves to a level which would allow the school to operate efficiently from its cash balances.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hammond McNulty. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£700k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Staffordshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.4m£1.2m
31/08/2024£997k£922k
31/08/2023£632k£710k
31/08/2022£487k£521k
31/08/2021£493k£476k

Common questions

Is CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £226,045 for the year ended 29 August 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £700,386. The trustees confirmed that the school has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hammond McNulty.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
CASTLE COURT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
YORK HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.1m——above—no doubt
HILL HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£10.7m——above—no doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£821k—0above—no doubt
ST GREGORY'S PRE-SCHOOL LTD FY2025£294k—0above—no doubt

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