DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL
Registered charity 1115638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To provide a first class independent day and boarding co-education for pupils aged 11-18.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the school reported a net loss of £694,230 for the year, primarily due to a £2,049,275 charge for the triennial valuation of the bursarial staff pension deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,175,975, with £1,532,578 held in a designated unrestricted reserve, though the governors noted that the lack of substantial free reserves requires close management of day-to-day operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Members of the senior leadership team have children who are pupils at the school.
“There are members of the senior leadership team who are associated with the school by having children who are pupils at the school.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £3.3m
“The resulting liability is included in the balance sheet £3,305,900 (2024: £1,402,570).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- John Davies — Head Master (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)
18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £581k. 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)
Cost of raising funds
£450k
Reserves (reported)
£21.2m
Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Anthony Robin Edward Clifford
- CHRISTOPHER BRENDAN MUSGRAVE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Christopher John Rose
- David Anthony McCormick
- Gavin William Horgan
- Hugh Stafford-Smith
- Joanna Lucy GREEN
- Kate Georgia BRUGES
- Lorna Rachel Ritchie
- Martyn Stephen Barklem
- Nicholas John Dolman
- Rebecca Louise Davies
- STEPHEN CRAIG KENNETH OXLEY
- Sanjeen Payne-Kumar
- Sarah Dawson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school reported a net loss of £694,230 for the year, primarily due to a £2,049,275 charge for the triennial valuation of the bursarial staff pension deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,175,975, with £1,532,578 held in a designated unrestricted reserve, though the governors noted that the lack of substantial free reserves requires close management of day-to-day operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS.
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