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SALISBURY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1093554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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Latest income
£3.7m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school reported a loss before gains on investments of £73,667 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £66,470. The Governors note that this deficit has reduced reserves below their stated policy target of three months of recurring expenditure (£934,697) and are taking steps to build reserves back to that level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of recurring expenditure (held: £66k)
“The Governors’ policy is to hold sufficient reserves to cover three months of recurring expenditure and to spend any surpluses generated by the school on improving its facilities. Three months of expenditure is £934,697 and therefore the Governors are taking steps to build reserves to this level including increasing the use of school facilities for external lettings, building pupil numbers and creating efficiency savings where possible.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Salisbury Cathedral 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.

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

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

Total income
£3.7m
Total spending
£3.7m
Reserves (reported)
£66k
Employees
79

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 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 (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£3.7m£3.7m
31/08/2024£3.7m£3.9m
31/08/2023£3.5m£3.6m
31/08/2022£3.2m£3.2m
31/08/2021£3.0m£3.1m

Common questions

Is SALISBURY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school reported a loss before gains on investments of £73,667 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £66,470. The Governors note that this deficit has reduced reserves below their stated policy target of three months of recurring expenditure (£934,697) and are taking steps to build reserves back to that level. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fawcetts LLP.

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 OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST2£27k
THE SALISBURY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE1£337k
SARUM ST MICHAEL EDUCATIONAL CHARITY1£272k
VISCOUNT AMORY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£92k
Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation1£14k
THE LADY COBHAM FOUNDATION1£12k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£5k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION1£500

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORAL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL LIMITED£3.7m——unclear—no doubt
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORAL FOUNDATION FY2025£407k—0unclear—no doubt
EXETER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FY2024£2.7m——unclear—noted
THE SALISBURY CATHEDRAL GIRL CHORISTERS' FUND FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SALISBURY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION FY2025£2.0m——above—no doubt
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS' ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt

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