ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1097781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's principal activity continues to be that of providing a complete education for girls, of the highest standard, founded on the Catholic faith.

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Latest income

£7.7m

Latest spending

£8.0m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school reported a net loss of £879,301 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily due to a £669k loss on the disposal of assets under construction for a discontinued project. Despite this loss, the school maintains a robust financial position with unrestricted free reserves of £2,208,069, which exceed the governors' target of approximately three months' normal expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of normal expenditure (held: £2.2m)

“The governors’ target for free reserves for normal educational activities is that the ideal level should be equivalent to approximately three months’ normal expenditure.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The 1941 Trust donated £50,000 towards scholarships and £200,000 to support general running.

“During the year the 1941 Trust donated £50,000 (2023: £50,000) towards scholarships. During the year the 1941 Trust gave an additional donation of £200,000 to support the general running of the school.” — page 20

“The School has no formal lease, but has occupied the property rent free since 1915.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The school occupies land and buildings owned by the 1941 Trust rent-free.

“During the year the 1941 Trust donated £50,000 (2023: £50,000) towards scholarships. During the year the 1941 Trust gave an additional donation of £200,000 to support the general running of the school.” — page 20

“The School has no formal lease, but has occupied the property rent free since 1915.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Children of key management personnel received £2,112 and £1,291 for summer assistant work.

“During the year the 1941 Trust donated £50,000 (2023: £50,000) towards scholarships. During the year the 1941 Trust gave an additional donation of £200,000 to support the general running of the school.” — page 20

“The School has no formal lease, but has occupied the property rent free since 1915.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs Christine Macallister — Headteacher (source)

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.

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

Total income

£7.7m

Total spending

£8.0m

Cost of raising funds

£5k

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

104

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Benedict Cassidy
Claire Jeffries
Dr Barbara Marino
Louise Pepper
Margaret Bowler · trustee of 1 other charity
Matthew Dominic Bartlett
Max Kendall
Ursula Henry

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

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£7.7m	£8.0m
31/07/2024	£8.2m	£8.2m
31/07/2023	£7.9m	£7.9m
31/07/2022	£7.6m	£7.4m
31/07/2021	£7.0m	£6.9m

Common questions

Is ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school reported a net loss of £879,301 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily due to a £669k loss on the disposal of assets under construction for a discontinued project. Despite this loss, the school maintains a robust financial position with unrestricted free reserves of £2,208,069, which exceed the governors' target of approximately three months' normal expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED as a grant recipient include TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY	FY2025	£200k	Donation
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY	FY2025	£50k	Bursaries and Scholarships
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY	FY2024	£50k	Bursaries and Scholarships

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£4.4m
THE JOHN SLATER FOUNDATION	1	£26k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STONYHURST.

STONYHURST income £25.5m
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY income £145k
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED income £1.2m
ST AUGUSTINE'S CHAPEL CHARITY income £101k
HOLY CROSS PREPARATORY SCHOOL KINGSTON income £5.6m
ST PHILOMENA'S SCHOOL LIMITED income £943k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED	£7.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STONYHURST FY2025	£25.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	below	—	no doubt
ST AUGUSTINE'S CHAPEL CHARITY FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOLY CROSS PREPARATORY SCHOOL KINGSTON FY2025	£5.6m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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