REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL

Registered charity 1105017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RED MAIDS' SCHOOL

The advancement of education of girls by the provision and maintenance of a school or schools in or near the city of Bristol and by ancillary or incidental educational activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.

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Latest income

£18.7m

Latest spending

£17.9m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net movement in funds of £1,140,222 for the 17-month period, driven by fee income and improved investment returns. However, the trustees have determined that the financial statements should be prepared on an other than going concern basis, as the school joined the Girls’ Day School Trust and the corporate entity is to be wound up within twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)

“In the band £160,001 - £170,000” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Fees and other related income (92% of income)

“The main source of income for the School is fee income which for the 17-month period totalled £17,100,306” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-400k; policy: between a month and a full term (approximately £750k to £3m))

“Liquid reserves were £7m (2023: £3m) and Free reserves were (£0.4m) at the balance sheet date (2023: (£1m)), as calculated by deducting the net book value of tangible fixed assets from unrestricted reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The intention of the Governors is to arrange an orderly wind-up of the company within a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements and accordingly, the Governors determine that the financial statements should be prepared on an other than going concern basis of accounting.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A former governor and his spouse are directors of a company which provided ad hoc professional services on an arm’s length basis, throughout the period, in relation to the preparation, planning and integration of the School with the GDST. The value of transactions in the period was £57,350, of which £9,500 was outstanding at the period end.

“A former governor and his spouse are directors of a company which provided ad hoc professional services on an arm’s length basis, throughout the period, in relation to the preparation, planning and integration of the School with the GDST. The value of transactions in the period was £57,350, of which £9,500 was outstanding at the period end.” — page 51

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £37k

“Deficit at end of period 36,592”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Paul Dwyer — Head (source)
Anthea Newton — 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 31/01/2025)

Total income

£18.7m

Total spending

£17.9m

Cost of raising funds

£110k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

228

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Mark Boyd · trustee of 1 other charity
Juliet Claire Humphries
Simon Philip Haywood

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£18.7m	£17.9m
31/08/2023	£11.7m	£11.4m
31/08/2022	£10.4m	£10.4m
31/08/2021	£9.7m	£9.6m
31/08/2020	£10.5m	£10.5m

Common questions

Is REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net movement in funds of £1,140,222 for the 17-month period, driven by fee income and improved investment returns. However, the trustees have determined that the financial statements should be prepared on an other than going concern basis, as the school joined the Girls’ Day School Trust and the corporate entity is to be wound up within twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Who funds REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL as a grant recipient include JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k	Bristol Independent Schools — John James Award Scheme
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k	Bristol Independent Schools - John James Award Scheme
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k	Bristol Schools - Prizes and Awards

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 MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.2m
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£124k
THE JOHN SLATER FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	1	£24k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH TEMPLE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY.

ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH TEMPLE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £165k
THE KING EDWARD VI HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS BIRMINGHAM TRUST income £333k
MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS income £13.5m
THE EDGBASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS income £13.1m
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED income £4.9m
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL income £45.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL	£18.7m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	below	—	noted
ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH TEMPLE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY FY2024	£165k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE KING EDWARD VI HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS BIRMINGHAM TRUST FY2024	£333k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FY2025	£13.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EDGBASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FY2025	£13.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£4.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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