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OSWESTRY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1079822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Independent day and boarding school providing full educational curriculum to boys and girls aged 4 to 18 years.

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Latest income
£9.8m
Latest spending
£8.9m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school reported a net deficit of £77,503 for the year, primarily due to significant capital investment and the impact of new VAT policies, although a like-for-like comparison shows a surplus. The trustees confirm the school is a going concern with strong cash resources and forecast surpluses for the next two years, despite free reserves being in a deficit position due to high liabilities associated with ongoing infrastructure projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient cash reserves to cover current expenditure (held: £2.8m)
“The aim will always be to ensure that the School has sufficient cash reserves to cover current expenditure which is monitored monthly in the management accounts.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from a Governor
“During the year a Governor made donations totalling £250,000 (2024: £nil) which are included within donations and fundraising income.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oswestry School Performing Arts Centre Appeal (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 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)

Total income
£9.8m
Total spending
£8.9m
Cost of raising funds
£594k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
165

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£9.8m£8.9m
31/08/2024£9.1m£8.9m
31/08/2023£7.9m£7.7m
31/08/2022£6.7m£6.6m
31/08/2021£6.0m£5.6m

Common questions

Is OSWESTRY SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school reported a net deficit of £77,503 for the year, primarily due to significant capital investment and the impact of new VAT policies, although a like-for-like comparison shows a surplus. The trustees confirm the school is a going concern with strong cash resources and forecast surpluses for the next two years, despite free reserves being in a deficit position due to high liabilities associated with ongoing infrastructure projects. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WR Partners.

What does the highest-paid employee of OSWESTRY SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OSWESTRY SCHOOL£9.8m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
FYLING HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
ST. WYSTAN'S SCHOOL FY2025£991k——unclear—noted
ALDERLEY EDGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FY2024£6.3m——unclear—not going concern
GOSFIELD SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£6.0m——above—no doubt

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