ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1076999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAELS SCHOOL

Advancement of the education of children and young people by the provision of a school conducted in accordance with the principles of The Church of England.

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Latest income
£7.8m
Latest spending
£7.5m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs and have been prepared in accordance with UK GAAP and the Charities Act 2011. The independent auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by WSM Advisors Limited. Discloses 3 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.

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

Total income
£7.8m
Total spending
£7.5m
Reserves (reported)
£10.0m
Employees
133

Reported reserves equal ~15.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.8m£7.5m
31/08/2024£7.5m£7.2m
31/08/2023£6.9m£6.5m
31/08/2022£6.1m£5.9m
31/08/2021£5.6m£5.4m

Common questions

Is ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs and have been prepared in accordance with UK GAAP and the Charities Act 2011. The independent auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WSM Advisors Limited.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLACKHEATH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL TRUST£7.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLACKHEATH FY2024£502k—0unclear—no doubt
ST JOHN'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE FY2025£9.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
HIGHGATE ST MICHAEL'S NATIONAL SCHOOL FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£336k—0below—no doubt

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