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LEEHURST SWAN LIMITED

Registered charity 800158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LA RETRAITE SWAN LIMITED, LA RETRAITE SWAN LTD

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE CHARITY IS THAT OF RUNNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF LEEHURST SWAN SCHOOL

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted a loss of £199,265 for the year, driven by increased expenditure from business rates, wage increases, and legal costs, alongside governance disruptions. Despite this loss, total debt was reduced by £169,923, and the charity holds unrestricted net assets of £2,850,401. The trustees maintain a prudent approach to reserves, prioritizing reinvestment in facilities rather than holding a specific cash buffer target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: apply any operating surplus to the development and improvement of the fabric and facilities of the school (held: £2.9m)
“It is the policy of the governors to apply any operating surplus to the development and improvement of the fabric and facilities of the school.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two governors paid school fees to the charity.
“Two governors paid school fees amounting to £16,919 (2024 £44,862) to the school during the year.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Auditors drew attention to corporate governance issues where the Board was not quorate, adversely impacting financial performance.
“We draw attention to Note 15 in the financial statements that explains that the Board of Governors was not quorate at various points in the year which adversely impacted the corporate governance and financial performance of the school.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Fawcetts LLP. 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)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 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
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£2.9m
Employees
54

Reported reserves equal ~13.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.4m£2.6m
31/08/2024£2.3m£2.5m
31/08/2023£2.2m£2.1m
31/08/2022£1.9m£2.0m
31/08/2021£2.2m£2.2m

Common questions

Is LEEHURST SWAN LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted a loss of £199,265 for the year, driven by increased expenditure from business rates, wage increases, and legal costs, alongside governance disruptions. Despite this loss, total debt was reduced by £169,923, and the charity holds unrestricted net assets of £2,850,401. The trustees maintain a prudent approach to reserves, prioritizing reinvestment in facilities rather than holding a specific cash buffer target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fawcetts LLP.

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
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£25k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEEHURST SWAN LIMITED£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS FY2025£385k—0unclear—no doubt
STROUD COURT COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.9m——below—no doubt
WEST LEIGH SWIM SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£142k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMPTON SCHOOL FY2025£35.7m——below—no doubt
The Frances Johnstone Legacy Limited FY2025£3.3m——below—noted

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