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THE MAYNARD SCHOOL

Registered charity 1099027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An Independent Girls Day School offering education for pupils up to the age of 18. The aim is to provide a first class independent education, through strong academic tuition, effective pastoral care, and wider social, cultural, sporting and spiritual development of academically able girls. Girls are encouraged to develop as articulate, confident and responsible members of a community.

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Latest income
£6.4m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit on unrestricted funds of £107,722 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain that the school's cash balance of £3,166,263 provides an accurate measure of financial stability and exceeds the agreed minimum policy target of £900,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £110,001 - £120,000” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £900,000 (held: £989k)
“The Trustees have agreed that a cash balance of at least £900,000` should be maintained at all times to provide the right level of reserves and liquidity.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees paid fees to the school
“There were trustees who paid fees to the school during the year. The fees are at a standard rate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£6.4m
Total spending
£6.5m
Reserves (reported)
£5.7m
Employees
123

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£6.4m£6.5m
31/08/2024£6.4m£6.2m
31/08/2023£6.2m£5.8m
31/08/2022£6.7m£6.4m
31/08/2021£5.5m£5.0m

Common questions

Is THE MAYNARD SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit on unrestricted funds of £107,722 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain that the school's cash balance of £3,166,263 provides an accurate measure of financial stability and exceeds the agreed minimum policy target of £900,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MAYNARD SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds THE MAYNARD SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MAYNARD SCHOOL as a grant recipient include ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£39kFinancial distribution
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2023£37kFinancial distribution
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£35kFinancial distributions / Annual payments
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2021£25kFinancial distribution (2/7 of surplus)

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 MOUNT SCHOOL YORK FOUNDATION1£97k
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£66k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED1£20k
THE FARRINGDON HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST1£16k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE1£4k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MAYNARD SCHOOL£6.4m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025£15.4m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
MADANI GIRLS' SCHOOL FY2025£976k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOUNT SCHOOL (YORK) FY2025£4.3m——below—no doubt
MOORFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025£7.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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