THE MANOR PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 900347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MANOR PREPARATORY SCHOOL

To provide every child with an excellent academic and moral education in a warm and supportive environment.

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Latest income

£6.9m

Latest spending

£6.5m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £392,965 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by strong pupil numbers and cost management measures. However, the trustees note that the unrestricted funds of £5,413,051 are entirely tied up in tangible fixed assets and borrowings, resulting in no freely available reserves. The charity remains dependent on its operational income to service significant long-term bank loans and fund ongoing capital maintenance.

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: £5.4m; policy: build up free reserves out of annual operating surpluses, subject to the prior demands of further expenditure to equip the School with the up-to-date facilities needed to maintain the standard of educational services provided for the benefit of future pupils)

“After deducting the carrying value of tangible fixed assets held for the charity’s own use, adjusted for borrowings, there were no freely available reserves. It is the Governors’ policy to build up free reserves out of annual operating surpluses, subject to the prior demands of further expenditure to equip the School with the up-to-date facilities needed to maintain the standard of educational services provided for the benefit of future pupils.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Tom Willner-Reid — Director of Finance & Operations (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)

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 31/07/2025)

Total income

£6.9m

Total spending

£6.5m

Cost of raising funds

£52k

Reserves (reported)

£5.4m

Employees

112

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Peter Heron Dicksonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Jonathan Peter Nott · trustee of 3 other charities
Debra Henrietta Clayphan
Dr Cassandra Higham
Elizabeth Hulls
Kate Anne Jackson
Mark Edmund David Skidmore
Sian Angharad Felwick
Simon McConnell
Valerie Laing · trustee of 1 other charity
William Miller

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£6.9m	£6.5m
31/07/2024	£6.6m	£6.6m
31/07/2023	£5.8m	£6.1m
31/07/2022	£5.7m	£5.8m
31/07/2021	£5.4m	£5.4m

Common questions

Is THE MANOR PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £392,965 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by strong pupil numbers and cost management measures. However, the trustees note that the unrestricted funds of £5,413,051 are entirely tied up in tangible fixed assets and borrowings, resulting in no freely available reserves. The charity remains dependent on its operational income to service significant long-term bank loans and fund ongoing capital maintenance. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.2m
THE JOHN SLATER FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	1	£24k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£320

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL.

MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL income £217k
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.1m
MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS income £13.5m
MANOR LODGE SCHOOL income £7.6m
NEWLAND HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.7m
BELMONT-BIRKLANDS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MANOR PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST	£6.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£217k	—	0	above	—	material uncertainty
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FY2025	£13.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MANOR LODGE SCHOOL FY2025	£7.6m	£130,001 - £140,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWLAND HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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