THE ST MICHAEL STEINER SCHOOL LTD

Registered charity 1094960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The school provides care and education for children and students from birth to age 18 according to the guidance given by Rudolf Steiner. We have Parent & Child groups, Kindergartens, Lower, Middle and High Schools. We offer a broad curriculum throughout the school and a school-leaving qualification that provides students with access to university without having to follow the National Curriculum.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF DR. RUDOLF STEINER AND IN PARTICULAR TO CONDUCT A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MERTON ROAD, WANDSWORTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £34,484 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £90,951. The trustees acknowledge that their reserves policy target of covering at least three months' expenditure is not currently being satisfied. The auditor confirmed 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

Largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income)
“Charitable activities 6 1,346,627 1,346,627 1,246,693” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Trustees are aware that this policy is not currently being satisfied.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Government income: £37,949 — grants £37,949 (1); 3% of the £1,437,276 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Government income: £38,324 — grants £38,324 (2); 3% of the £1,321,466 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £46,523 — grants £46,523 (2); 4% of the £1,283,909 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

What the charity says about itself

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The provided text is an Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) report, not a charity's own voluntary annual review or impact report. Therefore, no verbatim quotes from the charity's own account could be extracted. The following highlights are factual claims made *about* the school by the inspectorate, not by the charity itself.
“Over the last three years, all leavers have achieved the Level 3 qualification required for university entrance, with over two thirds awarded distinctions.”
The provided text is an Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) report, not a charity's own voluntary annual review or impact report. Therefore, no verbatim quotes from the charity's own account could be extracted. The following highlights are factual claims made *about* the school by the inspectorate, not by the charity itself.
“Pupils, supported by staff, contribute to wider society through their voluntary work, such as their involvement with clearing litter and planting trees in a local park and their support for the local food bank.”
The provided text is an Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) report, not a charity's own voluntary annual review or impact report. Therefore, no verbatim quotes from the charity's own account could be extracted. The following highlights are factual claims made *about* the school by the inspectorate, not by the charity itself.
“The school has identified six pupils as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). No pupil in the school has an education, health and care (EHC) plan.”

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/07/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/07/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/07/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/07/2021£1.2m£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE ST MICHAEL STEINER SCHOOL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £34,484 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £90,951. The trustees acknowledge that their reserves policy target of covering at least three months' expenditure is not currently being satisfied. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited.

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILLOW TREE STEINER SCHOOL LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ST MICHAEL STEINER SCHOOL LTD£1.4m—0below—no doubt
WILLOW TREE STEINER SCHOOL LTD FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
YORK STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
NANT-Y-CWM STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£409k—0below—no doubt
ST. ALBANS STEINER KINDERGARTEN FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAIDSTONE STEINER KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVE FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt

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