KINGSTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Registered charity 1078461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education generally and in particular through the provision and conduct of schools in or near the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.The provision of education in Kingston upon Thames for boys and girls in its school Kingston Grammar School. To administer bursaries, grants and awards in support of the education of pupils at Kingston Grammar School.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £2,417k for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total funds increasing to £29,111k. The trustees confirm the school has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of approval. The charity holds no free reserves, as the majority of funds are invested in tangible fixed assets, though cash holdings and external financial facilities are considered an adequate safety net.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £280,001 - £290,000 (FY2024) to £380,000 - £390,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Stephen Lehec — Head Master (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £5.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beatrijs Lelyveld
• Craig Walker
• Diana Breeze
• Ed Bowyer
• Jatinder Singh Harchowal
• Lara Mott
• Liz Dux
• MARK WEATHERITT
• Oliver Canning
• Peter Kelk
• Sally Bryce
• Simon Jones
• Sophie Cavanagh · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham · Hounslow · Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Kingston Giving.

• Kingston Giving income £145k
• KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES UNITED CHARITIES income £251k
• KINGSTON THEATRE TRUST income £3.9m
• KING'S SCHOOL, ROCHESTER income £13.0m
• KINGS HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST (RICHMOND) LIMITED income £9.6m
• KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL BATH income £20.0m

Side by side with its peers

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