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THE FROEBELIAN SCHOOL (HORSFORTH) LIMITED

Registered charity 529111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education - Independent Preparatory School for boys and girls from the ages of 2 to 11

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Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School reported a net surplus of £26,402 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £118,376, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations amid sector-wide challenges such as VAT on fees and cost inflation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £118k)
“It is the policy of the School that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hentons. 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
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£118k
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.5m£2.4m
31/08/2024£2.3m£2.5m
31/08/2023£2.3m£2.5m
31/08/2022£2.4m£2.2m
31/08/2021£2.1m£2.1m

Common questions

Is THE FROEBELIAN SCHOOL (HORSFORTH) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School reported a net surplus of £26,402 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £118,376, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations amid sector-wide challenges such as VAT on fees and cost inflation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hentons.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FROEBELIAN SCHOOL (HORSFORTH) LIMITED£2.5m——above—no doubt
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£7.8m£150,001 - £160,000—below—no doubt
HANBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL FY2026£204k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FREWEN EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.8m——unclear—no doubt
HOE BRIDGE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£9.4m£120,000 - £129,9999below—no doubt
HEPWORTH PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025£126k—0unclear—noted

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