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NOTRE DAME SCHOOL COBHAM

Registered charity 1081875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY NOTRE DAME SCHOOL COBHAM, NOTRE DAME SCHOOL

Notre Dame School is an independent Roman Catholic day school for approximately 650 girls aged from 2 to 18 years. It was founded by the Order of The Company of Mary Our Lady, which is the oldest recognised educational Order devoted to the teaching of girls and a belief in the unique contribution they make to society.

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Latest income
£12.9m
Latest spending
£12.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school achieved an operating surplus of £152,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to £20,000 in the prior year. The school holds total reserves of £13,046,000, with a stated free reserve level of £500,000 retained due to fees being paid in advance. The Governors and auditors confirm that the school has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £500,000 (held: £500k)
“As the fees are paid in advance, the governors have retained the level of the general reserve at £500,000. This represents the School’s free reserves.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of Governor expenses
“During the year expenses of £569 (2024: £940) were reimbursed to four governors.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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 (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£12.9m
Total spending
£12.8m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£13.0m
Employees
190

Reported reserves equal ~12.2 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 (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£12.9m£12.8m
31/08/2024£13.3m£13.3m
31/08/2023£13.1m£12.4m
31/08/2022£11.7m£11.3m
31/08/2021£10.6m£9.9m

Common questions

Is NOTRE DAME SCHOOL COBHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school achieved an operating surplus of £152,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to £20,000 in the prior year. The school holds total reserves of £13,046,000, with a stated free reserve level of £500,000 retained due to fees being paid in advance. The Governors and auditors confirm that the school has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOTRE DAME SCHOOL COBHAM£12.9m——no_policy—no doubt
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0002below—no doubt
THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME (OF NAMUR) FY2025£3.0mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD FY2025£4.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL, TWICKENHAM FY2025£7.5m£150,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE FY2025£13.3m£110,001 - £120,000—below—no doubt

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