Case Study - Public school

The client is a charity and a public school that only provides education to children with special education needs (SEN) who typically are excluded from or cannot cope at a state school. The client was very concerned that the addition of VAT to their fees from 1 January 2025 would make it difficult for it to cover the cost of providing education to its SEN pupils.

We reviewed the client’s position and were able to identify that the client can pass the additional VAT cost on to its funder, gain a windfall VAT recovery for VAT incurred pre-registration and recover VAT on costs that were previously irrecoverable from 1 January 2025.