GADS HILL SCHOOL

Registered charity 803153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to promote and provide for the advancement of education (including social and physical education of children).

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Latest income

£5.4m

Latest spending

£5.3m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves (unrestricted reserves less fixed assets) are at a negative balance of £2,014,301, which the governors attribute to substantial investment in buildings and facilities. Despite this negative free reserve position, the trustees report a stable cash flow from healthy student rolls and a strong relationship with bankers, concluding that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-2.0m)

“Although as shown on the balance sheet the school’s free reserves (unrestricted reserves less fixed assets) are at a negative balance of £2,014,301 (2024: £2,215,907), this illustrates the extent of the investment in our school, which is common practice for schools in the sector which must finance their own capital investment plans.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One Governor (the Headmaster) received remuneration of £138,543, including pension contributions of £28,027.

“During the year, one Governor has been paid remuneration or has received other benefits from an employment with the School, totalling £138,543 (2024: £128,080). The value of Governors' remuneration and other benefits paid in respect of the highest paid Governor totalled £110,516 (2024: £104,515) and pension contributions £28,027 (2024: £23,564).” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mr Paul Savage — Headmaster (source)
Mr Dean Martin — Chair of Governors (source)

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 31/07/2025)

Total income

£5.4m

Total spending

£5.3m

Reserves (reported)

£3.9m

Employees

100

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 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

Audrey Cavalier Tej
CHRIS WHITTINGTON
Dean Martin
Dijana Piralic
Jamie Durbin
MARION DICKENS
Melanie Sarah Taylor
Paul Kevin Savage

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£5.4m	£5.3m
31/07/2024	£5.4m	£5.2m
31/07/2023	£4.6m	£4.6m
31/07/2022	£4.3m	£4.1m
31/07/2021	£3.9m	£3.7m

Common questions

Is GADS HILL SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves (unrestricted reserves less fixed assets) are at a negative balance of £2,014,301, which the governors attribute to substantial investment in buildings and facilities. Despite this negative free reserve position, the trustees report a stable cash flow from healthy student rolls and a strong relationship with bankers, concluding that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Charities like this

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

HILDEN OAKS SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £2.5m
GGS SCHOOL FUND income £331k
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.1m
THE ST GABRIEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £9.0m
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL income £41.1m
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GADS HILL SCHOOL	£5.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
HILDEN OAKS SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.5m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
GGS SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£331k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt
THE ST GABRIEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FY2025	£9.0m	—	—	below	—	not going concern
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL FY2025	£41.1m	£210,000 - £220,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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