Activities

As described by the charity on the register

The primary object is to advance the education of the public by running schools, in particular the Dragon preparatory school and its pre-prep department Lynams.

Latest income

£25.5m

Expenditure

£23.1m

Financial year end

2025-08-31

Income & spending history

As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end

Year end Income Expenditure income spend
2021-08-31 £17.9m £17.5m
2022-08-31 £20.9m £19.3m
2023-08-31 £21.5m £20.4m
2024-08-31 £25.0m £22.9m
2025-08-31 £25.5m £23.1m

Latest detailed return

Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures

Income mix

Donations & legacies £1.8m
Charitable activities £23.0m
Trading £234k
Investment income £438k
Total income £25.5m

Spending

Charitable spend £22.6m
Raising funds £536k
Grants to institutions £0
Governance £88k
Total expenditure £23.1m

Balance sheet

Reserves £38.1m
Total funds £41.9m
— restricted £3.2m
— unrestricted £38.1m
— endowment £492k
Total assets £41.9m
Cash £11.4m

People

Employees 326

Classification

The charity's own register classification

What it does

  • Education/training

Who it helps

  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind

How it works

  • Provides Services

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.