School report
Lime House School
England · Co-educational · Ages 7–18 · Day & boarding · Size unknown
This school is run by a company rather than a charity, so Charity Commission financials don’t apply here.
At a glance
Latest income
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ISI · 2024-03-12
Roll (12 mo)
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Setting
Self-contained country estate set in Holm Hill near Dalston, completely surrounded by Cumbrian agricultural land.
Getting there
Inspection & safeguarding
Latest outcome: not all met
An inspection found safeguarding not effective. This is shown prominently and is never hidden.
- Regulator
- ISI
- Band
- Red
- Report date
- 2024-03-12
- Report age
- 2.3 years
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Fees
Fees
What Lime House School publishes for 2025/26 — the advertised price, before any bursary or scholarship.
| Day | Boarding | |
|---|---|---|
| Prep | £14,400 /yr ≈ £4,800/term | £38,700 /yr ≈ £12,900/term |
| Senior | £17,820 /yr ≈ £5,940/term | £42,300 /yr ≈ £14,100/term |
| Sixth Form | £17,820 /yr ≈ £5,940/term | £42,300 /yr ≈ £14,100/term |
Termly figures are the annual fee ÷ 3. Source: the school's fee page ↗
Fee history
Full boarding fees have risen +22.6% since 2022/23 — from £34,500 to £42,300 in 2025/26. See the full six-year trend below.
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Pupil body
The current roll at a glance.
35 boys · 19 girls · 54 on roll
Source: Department for Education, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics 2025/26 (England).
Age profile
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Recruitment & staffing
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Where these figures come from, and how complete they are.
- Financial source
- Companies House
- Detail level
- Headline figures
- Latest accounts
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- Years on record
- 0
- Accounts age
- —
- Pupil numbers
- —
- Components
- —
- Entity scope
- not_a_charity
Pupil–teacher ratio: not published — independent schools aren’t in the DfE workforce census, and filed accounts don’t separate teaching staff.
Capital trend: only one year of capital spend is on record, so a multi-year under-investment signal can’t be computed yet.
Computed 2026-06-20 · pipeline ct-derived-1.0.0. Indicators, not verdicts — each is traceable to its source.
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