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CUNDALL MANOR LIMITED

Registered charity 529540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CUNDALL MANOR LTD, CUNDALL MANOR SCHOOL

A leading independent, day and boarding school, educating boys and girls in a nurturing, caring and fun environment so they become the very best they can be, ready to face the challenges of the modern world.

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Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£4.9m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £345,684 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. The Trustees report that decisive management actions have stabilized the financial position and anticipate a return to a sustainable surplus in future years. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3,034,994 at the balance sheet date.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 7-10% of annual fee income, with a target level of approximately 8.5%, equivalent to around four weeks’ expenditure (held: £3.0m)
“The Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves of 7-10% of annual fee income, with a target level of approximately 8.5%, equivalent to around four weeks’ expenditure.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £625k. 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
£4.6m
Total spending
£4.9m
Cost of raising funds
£46k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
79

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (97% 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: 1.0% 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: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.6m£4.9m
31/08/2024£5.2m£5.4m
31/08/2023£5.0m£5.0m
31/08/2022£4.7m£4.6m
31/08/2021£4.8m£4.7m

Common questions

Is CUNDALL MANOR LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £345,684 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. The Trustees report that decisive management actions have stabilized the financial position and anticipate a return to a sustainable surplus in future years. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3,034,994 at the balance sheet date. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fortus Audit LLP.

Who funds CUNDALL MANOR LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CUNDALL MANOR LIMITED as a grant recipient include UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UBS UK Donor-Advised FoundationFY2021£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
VISCOUNT AMORY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£230k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£320

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CUNDALL MANOR LIMITED£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL) FY2025£2.3m£100,001 - £110,000—below—noted
BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL FY2025£19.5m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt
THE MANOR PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£6.9m——below—no doubt
BISHOP CHALLONER SCHOOL FY2023£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——unclear—no doubt

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