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WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL

Registered charity 1101485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Co - Educational Day School

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Latest income
£22.9m
Latest spending
£15.5m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,614,227 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £40,004,858. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £5.07M in immediately available cash and investments, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £2.4M required to cover one term of staff costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (net) (59% of income)
“The principal funding source for the Charity is fee income and this year the net fee income was £13,547,691 (2024: £14,584,283 before VAT was introduced).” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £2.4M in free reserves to cover staff costs for one term (held: £5.1m)
“The School’s Reserves Policy calls for the School to hold £2.4M in free reserves to meet this requirement. As at 31 August 2025, the School held £5.07M in cash and investments (which are immediately available) and other capital working balances (including debtors and stock).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The School is the sole member of the Wellingborough School Foundation, a CIO.
“The School is also the sole member of the Wellingborough School Foundation (charity number 1206735), a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission on 26 January 2024.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£22.9m
Total spending
£15.5m
Cost of raising funds
£165k
Reserves (reported)
£34.1m
Employees
239

Reported reserves equal ~26.4 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 (59% 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: 0.7% 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: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£22.9m£15.5m
31/08/2024£16.1m£14.8m
31/08/2023£14.4m£13.5m
31/08/2022£13.5m£12.5m
31/08/2021£12.5m£11.9m

Common questions

Is WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,614,227 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £40,004,858. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £5.07M in immediately available cash and investments, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £2.4M required to cover one term of staff costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND, WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FARRER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2024£345kEducation
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£56k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£40k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£36k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6k
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£3kGrants totalling £3,308 were made to Wellingborough School.
THE FARRER TRUSTFY2024£200

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
W G S TRUST1£3.2m
THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£454k
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION1£173k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£67k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£38k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION1£25k
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL£22.9m——above—no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£132k—0below—no doubt
WILLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£3.9m——below—no doubt
WELLINGTON SCHOOL 1837 FY2025£18.3m——below—no doubt
WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL FY2025£11.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£320k—0unclear—no doubt

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