ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL CANTERBURY

Registered charity 1056382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of education to children aged 3 to 18 yrs

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group has significant liabilities, including bank loans secured by fixed and floating charges and substantial fees received in advance. The group's total creditors falling due within one year decreased from over £5.6 million in 2024 to approximately £4.97 million in 2025. The auditor identified management override of controls and the recognition of fees received in advance as the greatest risks of material misstatement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by CROWE UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 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)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Air Marshal Christopher Mark Nickols CB CBE MAchair
• CHRISTOPHER HARBRIDGE
• DR MARGARET ROSAMOND CARNEGIE MBBS
• DR PHILLIP DAVID EICHORN
• Dr QUENTIN LEONARD ROPER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jane Billing
• NICHOLA JANE LEATHERBARROW
• Patrick Anthony Todd · trustee of 3 other charities
• Paul Bewers
• Robert James Dodgson
• STEVEN MAXWELL SUTTON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

• ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £17.3m
• ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE income £18.7m
• EXETER SCHOOL income £1.6m
• Forest School, London income £39.0m
• DURHAM CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £14.1m
• SHREWSBURY SCHOOL income £39.3m

Side by side with its peers

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