SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP

Registered charity 1081228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHERBORNE SCHOOL

The advancement of education, including the provision of boarding and/or schooling for children of either or both sexes in Sherborne.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• First group CEO announced for recently unified Sherborne Schools Group dorsetecho.co.uk · 04/09/2026
• Dr Ruth Sullivan made CEO of Sherborne Schools Group schoolmanagementplus.com · 04/09/2026

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA LOUISE HARRIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Amanda Louise Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony John Demainbray Pralle
• Canon Nicola Jane Edwards · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christopher Hadley Samler
• Dr Allan Paul Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Susan Massey
• Juliet Sara Blanch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Christopher Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• NIGEL JONES
• Nicholas Isaac
• Professor Simon Mark Spearing
• ROBIN ANTHONY LEACH MA
• Rev Martin Paul Lee · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Paul Backhouse
• Sally Ann Craig-McFeely · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Paul

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHELTENHAM COLLEGE AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

• CHELTENHAM COLLEGE AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL income £41.7m
• Headington School Oxford Limited income £28.8m
• WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL INDEPENDENCE APPEALS FUND income £390k
• CRANLEIGH SCHOOL income £38.0m
• THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £506k
• SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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