SIR ROGER CHOLMELEY'S SCHOOL AT HIGHGATE

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The advancement of education by the provision of a school in or near Highgate, the provision of incidental or ancillary educational activities and the undertaking of associated activities for the benefit of the public; and, insofar as the Governors think fit, the relief of the poor.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024
Total income:
£51,400,861
Donations and legacies | £55.56k | |
Charitable activities | £48.79m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £2.56m | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£49,810,930
Raising funds | £162.67k | |
Charitable activities | £47.87m | |
Other | £1.77m |
£162,976 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
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Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
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Raising funds and other expenditure | £1.94m | |
Charitable expenditure | £47.87m | |
Retained for future use | £1.59m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £1.94m | |
Charitable expenditure | £47.87m | |
Retained for future use | £1.75m |
People

588 Employee(s)
11 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 52 |
£70k to £80k | 50 |
£80k to £90k | 18 |
£90k to £100k | 14 |
£100k to £110k | 5 |
£110k to £120k | 1 |
£120k to £130k | 2 |
£150k to £200k | 3 |
£200k to £250k | 1 |
£400k to £450k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Children/young People
- Provides Services
- Haringey
Governance
- 26 August 1965: Standard registration
- 08 July 1996: Removed
- SIR ROGER CHOLMELEY'S SCHOOL AT HIGHGATE (HIGHGATE SCHOOL) (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
11 Trustee(s)
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BOB ROTHENBERG MBE BA FCA CTA MAE | Chair |
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KEVIN MCCARTHY | Trustee | 28 November 2023 |
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TAMARA OPPENHEIMER KC | Trustee | 10 October 2023 |
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HANNAH LEWIS | Trustee | 10 October 2023 |
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JENNY BROWN MA | Trustee | 20 September 2023 |
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LEONIE ANNE MARIE MARTHE MOREL MScM | Trustee | 16 March 2021 |
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SAM KING KC MA | Trustee | 25 September 2018 |
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JOAN MINER DESLANDES | Trustee | 25 September 2018 |
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ANTHONY MARK BARBER | Trustee | 25 September 2018 |
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KUMAR KANTI PANJA | Trustee | 16 October 2014 |
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ALY PATEL | Trustee | 06 May 2011 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £38.47m | £38.84m | £41.28m | £47.38m | £51.40m | |
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Total expenditure | £36.56m | £37.63m | £42.43m | £46.74m | £49.81m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £2.80m | £1.06m | £1.00m | £870.89k | £55.56k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £35.42m | £37.68m | £40.14m | £44.98m | £48.79m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £246.17k | £90.21k | £137.33k | £1.53m | £2.56m | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £1.00k | £0 | £0 | £48.82k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £34.96m | £35.74m | £40.52m | £44.77m | £47.87m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £113.46k | £141.72k | £204.64k | £162.67k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £33.34k | £35.81k | £43.32k | £46.75k | £57.44k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £1.60m | £1.77m | £1.77m | £1.77m | £1.77m |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £94.69m | £96.64m | £103.69m | £103.33m | £100.98m | |
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Long-term investments | £1.39m | £1.72m | £1.68m | £1.68m | £1.87m | |
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Other assets | £57.72m | £58.60m | £52.58m | £51.03m | £63.87m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | -£1.20m | -£1.07m | -£1.79m | -£1.46m | -£1.39m | |
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Total liabilities | £73.00m | £74.76m | £76.25m | £74.07m | £83.05m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 July 2024 | 29 May 2025 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2024 | 29 May 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2023 | 20 March 2024 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2023 | 20 March 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2022 | 05 April 2023 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2022 | 05 April 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2021 | 28 April 2022 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2021 | 28 April 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2020 | 21 May 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2020 | 21 May 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
SCHEME DATED 01/09/2005 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16/10/2014 as amended on 17 Mar 2020
Charitable objects
(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL IN OR NEAR HIGHGATE, THE PROVISION OF INCIDENTAL OR ANCILLARY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND THE UNDERTAKING OF ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND (2) IN SO FAR AS THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT (AND SO LONG AS THEY IN THEIR DISCRETION CONSIDER THAT THE OBJECT STATED IN CLAUSE 4(1) IS BEING PROPERLY PROVIDED FOR) THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED.
Linked charities
- ALLCOCK TRUST FUND
- BEAVEN MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
- BODKIN PRIZE FUND
- C A EVORS PRIZE FUND
- CHOLMELEY MASONIC LODGE PRIZE
- CHRISTIE BENEFACTION
- DYNE PRIZE FUND
- EVORS NEWTON PRIZE
- F G LUSHINGTON PRIZE FUND
- FLETCHER PRIZE FUND
- FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE SCHOOL SOCIETY
- FURNIVAL-JONES LIBRARY FUND
- G M HOPKINS PRIZE
- G W DOUTON PRIZE FUND
- GLADSTONE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
- HAMMERSLEY DAVID GEORGE HOLT BEQUEST
- HARRISON READING PRIZE
- HIGHGATE BOOK SOCIETY PRIZE FUND
- HIGHGATE SCHOOL PRIZE FUND
- HOBBS PRIZE FUND
- JOHN HENRY GREGORY PRIZE FUND
- MACHINTOSH PRIZE FUND FOR BOXING
- MURRAY STUART POUND PRIZE FUND
- OLD CHOLMELEIAN SOCIETY PRIZE
- OSBORNE PRIZE FUND
- PRICKETT PRIZE
- ROTHENBERG NMUSIC AND DRAMA PRIZE
- ROY PRIZE FUND
- SHARPE EXHIBITION
- SOUTHGATE MUSIC PRIZE FUND
- SYLVESTER TRUST FOR MUSIC AND BOOKS
- T C TATHAM EXHIBITION
- THE CHOLMELEY UNIVERSITY AWARD IN MEMORY OF THE REVEREND ARTHUR EDMUND ALLCOCK, PHILIP RIDER CHRISTIE, CHARLES ARTHUR SHARPE AND THOMAS CLARKE TATHAM
- THE COLONEL ANDREW DUNCAN MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP
- THE GIFT OF BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS
- THE HIGHGATE SCHOOL PRIZE FUND
- VERNON TRUST FUND
- 26 August 1965 : Standard registration
- 08 July 1996 : Removed
Contact information
- Address:
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HIGHGATE SCHOOL
NORTH ROAD
LONDON
N6 4AY
- Phone:
- 02083473567
- Email:
- No information available
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