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Sedbergh Schools Group

Registered charity 1080672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEDBERGH SCHOOL

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Latest income
£27.1m
Latest spending
£26.6m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group produced a positive net income of £0.556m and total funds increased to £20.792m. However, the Group holds net current liabilities of £6.951m, primarily due to fees received in advance, which are managed through invested prepaid fees and bank facilities. The trustees confirm the School has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fee income (82% of income)
“The majority of the Group’s income is derived from School fee income which decreased by 2% to £22.232m”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £7.3m; policy: sufficient reserves are held to meet any contingencies as they arise)
“On this narrow basis, the Group has no free reserves but the Governors are satisfied with the position, given the unrestricted cash and unrestricted investments available which at the end of the financial period amounted to £7.323m”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sedbergh School Foundation
“Grants from the Foundation amounted to £0.866m (2024: £0.602m). Transactions with Sedbergh School Foundation included expenditure of £0.242m (2024: £0.196m). The School has a lease agreement with the Foundation for the rental of Guldrey Lodge, at a current rate of £52,000 per annum.”
“Total expenses of £4,309 (2024: £6,831) were paid to 11 (2024: 11) Governors. These were in respect of travel and subsistence.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Governors' Expenses
“Grants from the Foundation amounted to £0.866m (2024: £0.602m). Transactions with Sedbergh School Foundation included expenditure of £0.242m (2024: £0.196m). The School has a lease agreement with the Foundation for the rental of Guldrey Lodge, at a current rate of £52,000 per annum.”
“Total expenses of £4,309 (2024: £6,831) were paid to 11 (2024: 11) Governors. These were in respect of travel and subsistence.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£27.1m
Total spending
£26.6m
Cost of raising funds
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£7.3m
Employees
462

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£27.1m£26.6m
31/08/2024£26.9m£26.3m
31/08/2023£25.4m£24.6m
31/08/2022£21.9m£21.4m
31/08/2021£17.9m£18.7m

Common questions

Is Sedbergh Schools Group financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group produced a positive net income of £0.556m and total funds increased to £20.792m. However, the Group holds net current liabilities of £6.951m, primarily due to fees received in advance, which are managed through invested prepaid fees and bank facilities. The trustees confirm the School has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds Sedbergh Schools Group?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Sedbergh Schools Group as a grant recipient include THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THE BRENLEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£402kSchool Capital Projects
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£400kScholarship & Bursary Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£375kScholarship & Bursary Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£169kSchool Capital projects
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£41kOther individual Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£29kHouse Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£24kSport Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£21kSport Funds
THE BRENLEY TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kLocal Young People’s Fund
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£4kOther individual Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kHouse Funds
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£0Charity – Ukraine appeal

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England23/01/2013£150kSedbergh Pool
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2012£8k"The Sedbergh Story"

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 JOHN BADLEY FOUNDATION1£1.4m
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£207k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Sedbergh Schools Group£27.1m——below—no doubt
THE SEDBERGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£999k—0above—no doubt
BERKHAMSTED SCHOOLS GROUP FY2025£49.9m——below—no doubt
St Albans Education Group FY2025£33.1m——unclear—no doubt
ST BEDE'S SCHOOL TRUST SUSSEX FY2025£36.2m£200,000 - £210,000—unclear—no doubt
SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt

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