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Registered charity · No. 312008 · CobhamiSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

The London Orphan Asylum (Reed's School) (aka Reeds School)

Income
£29.6m
▲ 9.7% on 2024
Expenditure
£27.8m
▲ 6.4% on 2024
Reserves
£3.5m
▼ 88.6% on 2024
Runway
1 month
▼ 13 months on 2024
Spent on charitable work
96%
▲ 0.1 pts on 2024
Trustees
21
5.6y av 20 of 21 known
Staff
335
▲ 63 staff on 2024
Volunteers
3
reported in the annual return
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Overview

The London Orphan Asylum (Reed's School)'s network

21 people6 organisationsi21 listed on the board. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is The London Orphan Asylum (Reed's School). The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

21 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Amanda Burton SmithTrustee2023
3 yrs
Carolynn Davies-ShatzTrustee2019
7 yrs
Christopher TaylorTrustee2021
5 yrs
David LawsTrustee2020
6 yrs
Diana Mary PeacockTrustee2015
11 yrs
Dr Alison McLeanTrustee2013
13 yrs
Dr John ChinegwundohTrustee2023
3 yrs
Ellen LingTrustee2026
new
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 21 →

Board

The board

21 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Amanda Burton SmithTrustee2023
3 yrs
Carolynn Davies-ShatzTrustee2019
7 yrs
Christopher TaylorTrustee2021
5 yrs
David LawsTrustee2020
6 yrs
Diana Mary PeacockTrustee2015
11 yrs
Dr Alison McLeanTrustee2013
13 yrs
Dr John ChinegwundohTrustee2023
3 yrs
Ellen LingTrustee2026
new
Giles AshbeeTrustee2026
new
Joanna DenhamTrustee2019
7 yrs
Jonathan PriceTrustee2023
3 yrs
Karen RichardsonTrustee
Keith HarringtonTrustee2026
new
Kerima LaneTrustee2019
7 yrs
Marcus BakerTrustee2018
8 yrs
Martin RobinsonTrustee2013
13 yrs
Mary JennerTrustee2026
new
Maureen AdamsTrustee2023
3 yrs
Michiel SoetingTrustee2021
5 yrs
Nathalie KrekisTrustee2021
5 yrs
Peter MaddenTrustee2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
5.2y
median 5y
Longest tenure
13y
since 2013
Years in governance
9.2y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
9
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
8
of 20 on the board

21 trustees on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (7)

Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 21The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives 1The Prevention or Relief of Poverty 1

Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 11Health and social care 4Other services 2

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Network

Network

iThe large node is The London Orphan Asylum (Reed's School). Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

6 financial years held, 2020 to 2025, years ending 31 August.

Income and expenditure

6 years · years end 31 AugustiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£10m£20m£30m202520242023202220212020£29.60m£27.82m£175.00k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000, so some years show the totals only.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year202020212022202320242025
Totals
Total income£23.95m£20.77m£22.40m£24.95m£26.97m£29.60m
Total expenditure£18.49m£19.82m£21.79m£24.13m£26.16m£27.82m
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grantsNot reported£175.00kNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Income by source
Donations and legaciesNot reported£898.00k£1.07m£1.91m£1.17m£1.54m
Legaciespart of donations and legaciesNot reported£0£0£0£0£0
Charitable activitiesNot reported£18.89m£20.06m£22.00m£24.51m£23.57m
Other trading activitiesNot reported£599.00k£743.00k£662.00k£881.00k£2.01m
InvestmentsNot reported£203.00k£255.00k£249.00k£410.00k£1.11m
EndowmentsNot reported£0£59.00k£187.00k£129.00k£103.00k
Other incomeNot reported£175.00k£265.00k£127.00k£0£1.37m
Expenditure by type
Charitable activitiesNot reported£18.77m£20.69m£23.09m£25.02m£26.66m
Raising fundsNot reported£1.05m£1.09m£1.04m£1.14m£547.00k
Grants to institutionspart of charitable activitiesNot reported£486.00k£0£0£690.00k£0
GovernanceNot reported£97.00k£94.00k£106.00k£137.00k£0
Investment managementNot reported£305.00k£0£0£0£266.00k
Other expenditureNot reported£0£0£0£0£612.00k
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0. The register shows a rolling five years, so years it no longer shows come from older copies we hold: 2020 from a January 2026 copy of the register data.

Assets and liabilities

5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown
-£40m-£20m£0£20m£40m£60m£80m20252024202320222021£37.64m
Assets and liabilities by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Own use assets£31.05m£32.51m£33.28m£33.16m£32.26m
Long-term investments£5.82m£5.69m£5.73m£23.88m£22.77m
Other assets£10.80m£6.70m£7.30m£8.58m£5.60m
Defined benefit pension schemea minus figure is a deficit£0£0£0£0£0
Total liabilities£14.33m£11.25m£12.35m£30.23m£22.98m
Net assetsassets minus liabilities£33.34m£33.66m£33.96m£35.39m£37.64m
Definitions
Own use assets
Land, buildings, equipment and other fixed assets the charity uses for its work.
Long-term investments
Investments held for the long term, such as shares, bonds or property let to others.
Other assets
Current assets: cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments.
Defined benefit pension scheme
The surplus (above zero) or deficit (below zero) on a final-salary type pension scheme.
Total liabilities
What the charity owes: creditors due within a year and after a year, and provisions. Drawn below zero in the chart and shown as a positive figure in the table, as the register does.
Net assets
Assets minus liabilities, including any pension surplus or deficit. Equal to total funds.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Funds and reserves

5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
£0£10m£20m£30m£40m20252024202320222021
Funds and reserves by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Unrestricted funds£28.36m£28.93m£29.05m£30.36m£32.03m
Restricted funds£4.98m£694.00k£941.00k£661.00k£795.00k
Endowment funds£0£4.03m£3.97m£4.37m£4.82m
Total funds£33.34m£33.66m£33.96m£35.39m£37.64m
Reservesas declared by the charity£28.36m£28.93m£29.21m£30.20m£3.45m
Assets besides buildingsinvestments, cash and money owed to it, before debts£16.62m£12.40m£13.03m£32.45m£28.37m

The declared reserves for 2021, 2022 and 2023 are larger than everything the charity owns apart from its buildings, so they include its buildings and are not spare money. Assets besides buildings, and what the charity owes, give a truer picture.

Definitions
Unrestricted funds
Money the trustees can spend on any of the charity's purposes, including funds they have set aside (designated) themselves.
Restricted funds
Money that must be spent on particular purposes set by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
Endowment funds
Capital the charity must keep, either permanently or until the terms allow it to be spent.
Total funds
All funds together. Equal to net assets.
Reserves
The charity's own figure for unrestricted funds that are freely available, after setting aside fixed assets and designated funds. Charities explain their reserves policy in their annual report.
Assets besides buildings
Long-term investments plus other assets (cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments), before its debts are paid. If declared reserves are larger than this, they must include buildings.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 August 202530 June 20261 May 20263 June 2026On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202430 June 202517 June 202517 June 2025On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202330 June 202424 June 202424 June 2024On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202230 June 202316 June 202316 June 2023On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202130 June 202227 June 202227 June 2022On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register. Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

8 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 8 May 2019 to 30 October 2024.
Total from published grants
£103k
£102,500
Grants
8
published to 360Giving
Funders
2
distinct funders
Latest grant
Oct 2024
30 October 2024

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

2 funders
FunderGrantsTotalYears
Garfield Weston Foundation2£60,0002019 to 2021
The Grocers' Charity6£42,5002019 to 2024

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
30 October 2024The Grocers' Charity2025 Education - Reeds School£7,500
20 October 2023The Grocers' Charity2024 Education - Reeds School£7,500
21 October 2022The Grocers' Charity2023 Education - Reeds School£7,500
22 October 2021The Grocers' Charity2022-Reed's School£7,500
11 June 2021Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award£30,000
2 June 2021The Grocers' Charity2021 - Frozen Light£5,000
25 October 2019The Grocers' Charity2020 Reed's School£7,500
8 May 2019Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award£30,000

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE EDUCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BOYS AND GIRLS WHO COME WITHIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES AND IN PARTICULAR BOYS AND GIRLS WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:-

  • (A)

    BOYS OR GIRLS WHO HAVE LOST ONE OR BOTH PARENTS;

  • (B)

    BOYS OR GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS;

  • (C)

    BOYS OR GIRLS WHOSE PARENTS ARE DIVORCED OR SEPARATED OR WHOSE HOME LIFE IS FOR ANY REASON UNSATISFACTORY, UNHAPPY OR ABNORMAL.

What it does

  • Education/training

Who it helps

  • Children/young people

How it helps

  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
Local authority: Surrey
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED as filed
Governing document
ACT DATED 08/05/1845 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 24/01/1957 AND SCHEME OF 7 MAY 1997 as filed
Register history
Working name
Reeds School

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

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