HORNSBY HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 800284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORNSBY HOUSE SCHOOL

Principal activity is the provision of a non-selective day school education for boys and girls aged 4 and 11 years.

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Latest income
£9.7m
Latest spending
£8.9m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School generated an operating surplus of £807,379 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £9,703,103. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves have accumulated to £13,687,223, which they state reflect the significant cost of the School's freehold land and buildings and are required to finance the property and cover working capital fluctuations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: required to finance the freehold property and to cover normal fluctuations in working capital (held: £13.7m)
“The reserves of the School represent the unrestricted funds which the Governors are free to use in accordance with its charitable objects. The reserves held are required to finance the freehold property and to cover normal fluctuations in working capital.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Key management personnel remuneration disclosed in Note 21.
“The remuneration of key management personnel is as follows. 2025 £ Aggregate compensation 572,810”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ward Williams Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hornsby House Educational Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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
£9.7m
Total spending
£8.9m
Reserves (reported)
£13.7m
Employees
102

Reported reserves equal ~18.5 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: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£9.7m£8.9m
31/08/2024£9.3m£8.2m
31/08/2023£8.4m£7.5m
31/08/2022£7.7m£7.2m
31/08/2021£6.9m£6.5m

Common questions

Is HORNSBY HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School generated an operating surplus of £807,379 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £9,703,103. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves have accumulated to £13,687,223, which they state reflect the significant cost of the School's freehold land and buildings and are required to finance the property and cover working capital fluctuations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ward Williams Limited.

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 REECE FOUNDATION1£90k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HORNSBY HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST£9.7m——above—no doubt
FYLING HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
KINGSWOOD HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
ST AUBYN'S (WOODFORD GREEN) SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£6.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE VERNON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£13.5m£140,001 - £150,000—above—no doubt

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