PRESTFELDE SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1102931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the School is the Delivery of Education to pupils ranging from 3 - 13 years of age. We run a number of language schools, summer school activities and the School is open regularly for use by the community.

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Latest income

£5.3m

Latest spending

£5.5m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £178,069 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by rising costs and fee income pressures. Per the trustees' report, the entity has ceased trading and is transferring its assets to Shrewsbury School, with the financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable the company to continue to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall (held: £4.4m)

“Prestfelde School’s policy is to retain sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable the company to continue to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“Prestfelde School Limited has prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Prestfelde School Enterprises Limited

“The school has a wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary, Prestfelde School Enterprises Limited, the activities and trading of which are described below.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mr. Matty Thavenot — Headmaster (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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

£5.3m

Total spending

£5.5m

Cost of raising funds

£80k

Reserves (reported)

£725k

Employees

103

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 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 (98% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Tyack
John Sharman
Mr Leo Winkley
Nicola E Cooper
Philip Anthony Wood FCA
Rex Philip Sartain · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£5.3m	£5.5m
31/08/2024	£5.3m	£5.2m
31/08/2023	£5.2m	£5.0m
31/08/2022	£5.1m	£4.8m
31/08/2021	£4.4m	£4.1m

Common questions

Is PRESTFELDE SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £178,069 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by rising costs and fee income pressures. Per the trustees' report, the entity has ceased trading and is transferring its assets to Shrewsbury School, with the financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with C P S PRESTON LTD.

C P S PRESTON LTD income £1.2m
CHIPSTEAD PRE-SCHOOL income £105k
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED income £208k
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
FLAMSTEAD PRE-SCHOOL income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PRESTFELDE SCHOOL LIMITED	£5.3m	—	—	unclear	—	not going concern
C P S PRESTON LTD FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	material uncertainty
CHIPSTEAD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£118k	—	0	below	—	noted
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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