THE URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1058282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as URSULINE COLLEGE PARENTS' AND FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION

School providing education in accordance with doctrines and principles of the Roman Catholic faith to children between the ages of 3 and 11

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Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£2.4m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,253,271, reflecting a net income surplus of £26,229 for the year. The trustees confirm that fee income rose by £195,962, primarily due to a 6.6% fee increase and more full-time pre-reception children, while expenditure increased by £173,656 due to staffing and rental costs. The trustees consider the results satisfactory and note no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from charitable activities

“Income from charitable activities 5 2,432,663” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: to continue to build up free reserves by means of annual increases in resources where possible (held: £1.3m)

“The reserves policy of the Trustees is to continue to build up free reserves by means of annual increases in resources where possible.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by M J Bushell Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs. P. Wilson — Headteacher (source)
Mrs. I. Parker-Litjens — Deputy Headteacher (source)
Ms. G. Jackson — Deputy Headteacher (source)
Mrs. S. Macdonald — Assistant Headteacher (source)

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.

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

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£2.4m

Reserves (reported)

£1.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

Angela Hyams
GAVIN MOULE
JASON O'SHEA · trustee of 1 other charity
MRS Fiona East

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/08/2024	£2.3m	£2.2m
31/08/2023	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/08/2022	£2.0m	£2.0m
31/08/2021	£1.8m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is THE URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,253,271, reflecting a net income surplus of £26,229 for the year. The trustees confirm that fee income rose by £195,962, primarily due to a 6.6% fee increase and more full-time pre-reception children, while expenditure increased by £173,656 due to staffing and rental costs. The trustees consider the results satisfactory and note no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by M J Bushell Audit LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL WIMBLEDON TRUST.

URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL WIMBLEDON TRUST income £2.1m
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED income £1.2m
ALPHA PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LTD income £1.7m
HOLY CROSS PREPARATORY SCHOOL KINGSTON income £5.6m
THE LOYOLA PREPARATORY SCHOOL income £2.1m
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL WIMBLEDON TRUST FY2024	£2.1m	£100,001 - £110,000	3	below	—	no doubt
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	below	—	no doubt
ALPHA PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LTD FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLY CROSS PREPARATORY SCHOOL KINGSTON FY2025	£5.6m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE LOYOLA PREPARATORY SCHOOL FY2025	£2.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	3	above	—	no doubt

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