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TAUNTON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1081420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAUNTON SCHOOL

Advancing education for girls and boys age 2 to 18 both day and boarding. Adding the maximum value to help most pupils achieve excellent exam results and enabling all to maximise their potential. Helping pupils to be 'Ready for Life' through many co-curricular activities including; debating, music, drama and sport.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£30.5m
Latest spending
£29.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group's finances remain strong with total incoming resources of £30.5m and total reserves of £23.6m. The trustees report negative free reserves due to significant investment in educational facilities but confirm that financial plans and forecasts provide comfort that the Charity can meet all foreseeable commitments. The auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£160,001 - £170,000 2” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £18.0m)
“The Charity has invested its reserves in the provision of the educational facilities to meet its objectives and consequently, like many well-established independent schools, has negative free reserves.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Governors pay school fees for their children on a commercial arms' length basis.
“Two (2024 - two) Governors pay for children at the School. School fees incurred by the Governors are paid on a commercial arms’ length basis.” — page 56
“A total of £200 (2024 - £1,003,776) was donated to Taunton Schoo! Educational Charity by current or former trustees.” — page 56
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from current or former trustees.
“Two (2024 - two) Governors pay for children at the School. School fees incurred by the Governors are paid on a commercial arms’ length basis.” — page 56
“A total of £200 (2024 - £1,003,776) was donated to Taunton Schoo! Educational Charity by current or former trustees.” — page 56
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

TAUNTON SCHOOL TRUSTEES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Registered office is at Taunton School
TAUNTON SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £1.9m
  • Profit before tax: £-112k

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Taunton School (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)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (10,072 followers) · instagram (11K followers)

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

Total income
£30.5m
Total spending
£29.8m
Cost of raising funds
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£18.0m
Employees
694

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£30.5m£29.8m
31/08/2024£31.4m£30.5m
31/08/2023£29.2m£27.6m
31/08/2022£25.3m£23.8m
31/08/2021£21.2m£21.3m

Common questions

Is TAUNTON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group's finances remain strong with total incoming resources of £30.5m and total reserves of £23.6m. The trustees report negative free reserves due to significant investment in educational facilities but confirm that financial plans and forecasts provide comfort that the Charity can meet all foreseeable commitments. The auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

What does the highest-paid employee of TAUNTON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 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 ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION1—
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORT TIFFIN GIRLS' SCHOOL COMPANY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TAUNTON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CHARITY£30.5m£160,001 - £170,000—below—no doubt
SUPPORT TIFFIN GIRLS' SCHOOL COMPANY FY2025£298k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£336k—0below—no doubt
TALBOT HEATH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.1m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED) FY2025£28.1m——unclear—no doubt
PORT REGIS SCHOOL LTD FY2025£8.6m——unclear—no doubt

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