THE STOWE SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1071363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation's principal objective is to assist Stowe School in the provision of bursaries, scholarships and prizes for the pupils for the public benefit. Additionally it provides funds for the improvement of facilities offered by the School either by way of new buildings or improved sports and cultural facilities for the public benefit.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased slightly to £29,877,833 from £29,892,153 in the prior year, driven by a net decrease in funds despite positive investment returns. The charity holds £1,482,117 in unrestricted reserves, which is below the trustees' stated minimum target of £1 million for unforeseen requests, though the document notes they may hold higher balances depending on project timing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

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

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

• MR S C CREEDY SMITHchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN TATE BA MIMC
• Dr Anthony Wallersteiner MA, PHD · trustee of 3 other charities
• Elizabeth Saunders Watson
• JONATHAN MICHAEL ARUNDELL BEWES
• Kathryn Matthews
• NICHOLAS VERNEY BSc
• PATRICK JOHN RICHARD STOPFORD BAOxon CFA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Jeffrey Cope

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED.

• STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED income £53.6m
• SEVENOAKS SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £5.5m
• THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• THE BOLTON SCHOOL BURSARY FOUNDATION income £11.9m
• THE LUDGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION income £33.9m

Side by side with its peers

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