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Marchant-Holliday School Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 310218TemplecombeHealth and saving lives
Income£3.9m2025-08-31
Spending£3.8msame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1963Charitable company
Employees67latest return

Analysis

Marchant-Holliday School Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Templecombe. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00618973). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Marchant-Holliday School Limited reported income of £3.9m and spending of £3.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £3.9m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Marchant-Holliday School Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Florence Nightingale Foundation (£3.9m), The Royal Leicestershire Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind (£3.9m) and Providence Row (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 3.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6.2m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 67 people.

Income and spending

£0£1.2m£2.4m£3.6m£4.8m2021 Income: £2,977,4172021 Spending: £2,598,19020212022 Income: £3,159,0652022 Spending: £2,812,41820222023 Income: £3,036,5252023 Spending: £3,166,60220232024 Income: £4,567,1902024 Spending: £4,760,18220242025 Income: £3,908,1602025 Spending: £3,845,7912025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.0%
  • Charitable activities 96%
  • Investments 3.1%
  • Other 0.4%

In the charity's own words

We are an Independent, Residential Special School, approved by the DfE for Boys aged from 5 to 13 years, who present with Behavioural, Emotional & Social Difficulties, as well as Mental Health issues, including aspects of Autistic Spectrum Disorder & other conditions.

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CharityLocationIncome
The Florence Nightingale FoundationLondon£3.9m
The Royal Leicestershire Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the BlindLeicester£3.9m
Providence RowLondon£3.9m
Duchenne UKLondon£3.9m