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GRESHAM'S SCHOOL

Registered charity 1105500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of education and training

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Latest income
£51.7m
Latest spending
£24.9m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School had unrestricted funds of £48,609,000 at 31 August 2025, with a net movement in funds of £26,906,000 for the year. Per the trustees' report, the School considers free reserves of £2m or two months' expenditure to be practicable, noting that it currently has no free reserves as unrestricted funds are deployed in premises and equipment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months' expenditure (held: £48.6m)
“The Governors consider that free reserves of £2m or two months’ expenditure, would be practicable and achievable in order to cover the risks and uncertainties of operating as an independent educational establishment.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sir James Dyson, Governor, is a trustee of the James Dyson Foundation, which generously donated £28.5m to the School
“Sir James Dyson, Governor, is a trustee of the James Dyson Foundation, which generously donated £28.5m to the School, following its previous donation of £6m in 2023 for the purchase of Holt Hall, for the construction, renovation and restoration works necessary to put Holt Hall in condition for use by the School as a Preparatory School.” — page 55
“James Morgan is a trustee the Earle & Stuart Charitable Trust that made a payment of £12,000 (2024: £6,000) to the School for School fees paid for two pupils (2024: one).” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: James Morgan, a Governor, is a trustee of the Earle & Stuart Charitable Trust that made a payment of £12,000 to the School for School fees paid for two pupils
“Sir James Dyson, Governor, is a trustee of the James Dyson Foundation, which generously donated £28.5m to the School, following its previous donation of £6m in 2023 for the purchase of Holt Hall, for the construction, renovation and restoration works necessary to put Holt Hall in condition for use by the School as a Preparatory School.” — page 55
“James Morgan is a trustee the Earle & Stuart Charitable Trust that made a payment of £12,000 (2024: £6,000) to the School for School fees paid for two pupils (2024: one).” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £52.3m
“This actuarial valuation was certified on 11 December 2024 and showed assets of £99.2m, liabilities of £151.5m and a deficit of £52.3m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gresham's (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £4.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (5,587 followers) · instagram (7,791 followers)

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

Total income
£51.7m
Total spending
£24.9m
Cost of raising funds
£684k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
416

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 1.3% 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: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£51.7m£24.9m
31/08/2024£23.5m£23.1m
31/08/2023£28.4m£21.4m
31/08/2022£20.0m£19.5m
31/08/2021£17.4m£17.0m

Common questions

Is GRESHAM'S SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School had unrestricted funds of £48,609,000 at 31 August 2025, with a net movement in funds of £26,906,000 for the year. Per the trustees' report, the School considers free reserves of £2m or two months' expenditure to be practicable, noting that it currently has no free reserves as unrestricted funds are deployed in premises and equipment. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/03/2015£10k"Schoolfriends who died for Britain"

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
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.1m
BACON FOUNDATION LTD1£1.0m
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£58k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRESHAM'S SCHOOL£51.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION FY2025£525k—0unclear—no doubt
GGS SCHOOL FUND FY2025£331k—0unclear—noted
THE OPEN SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£1.6m——below—no doubt
GRANGE ROSE HILL SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt
FELSTED SCHOOL FY2025£31.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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