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ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD

Registered charity 1006411 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Roman Catholic Preparatory School - providing high quality academic, spiritual and moral education.

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Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.4m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £31,315 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £4,478,171 against outgoing resources of £4,446,856. The trustees report that free reserves of £1,641,119 are maintained above the stated policy target range of £411,303 to £1,371,008, ensuring adequate working capital for the going concern status of the school.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (87% of income)
“Gross Fees receivable 3,888,127” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: equivalent to the annual fee value resulting from a drop in pupil numbers of ten to thirty-three percent (held: £1.6m)
“the Trustees have set a target range for free reserves (being total funds less any restricted funds and fixed assets) equivalent to the annual fee value resulting from a drop in pupil numbers of ten to thirty-three percent. At 31 August 2025, this range was between £411,303 and £1,371,008.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£4.5m
Total spending
£4.4m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
59

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.5m£4.4m
31/08/2024£4.3m£4.1m
31/08/2023£3.9m£4.0m
31/08/2022£3.9m£4.1m
31/08/2021£3.9m£4.3m

Common questions

Is ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £31,315 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £4,478,171 against outgoing resources of £4,446,856. The trustees report that free reserves of £1,641,119 are maintained above the stated policy target range of £411,303 to £1,371,008, ensuring adequate working capital for the going concern status of the school. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MATER ECCLESIAE CIO1£190k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD£4.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE FY2025£13.3m£110,001 - £120,000—below—no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED FY2025£5.5m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
ST MARYS NURSERY, CAMBERLEY FY2025£245k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (CALNE) FY2025£18.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£214k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.