THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1120608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PERSE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND THE STEPHEN PERSE SIXTH FORM COLLEGE

The object of the charity is the advancement of education by the provision and conduct of the schools collectively known as The Stephen Perse Foundation (howsoever these shall individually be known from time to time) and by ancillary or incidental educational activities and any other associated activities for the benefit of the community as a whole.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a positive net movement in funds of £1.99 million for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £25.3 million, with free reserves of £6.50 million falling within the established target range of £4.8 million to £7.2 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06113565

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Stephen Ward — Principal (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.

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.

• CERON, Nicolas Jerome Vincent — director, appointed 20/03/2026on trustee list
• SPRATT, Christopher — director, appointed 17/07/2025on trustee list
• BERLEVY, Susana — director, appointed 17/07/2025on trustee list
• MASON, Suzanne Kathleen — director, appointed 17/07/2025on trustee list
• KUMAR, Anu — director, appointed 17/07/2025on trustee list
• DAY, Graham Michael David — director, appointed 12/10/2024on trustee list
• MIKDADI, Marwan — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
• THOMAS, Romane Nolwenn Jacqueline — director, appointed 03/05/2024on trustee list
• BROOKES, Richard Michael, Dr — director, appointed 03/05/2024on trustee list
• ONIONS, Jonathan — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• SEGAREN, Nathaniel, Dr — director, appointed 28/02/2024on trustee list
• WINDMILL, Michael Ian Hamilton — director, appointed 26/01/2024on trustee list
• ABELL, Lavinia Catherine — director, appointed 30/10/2023on trustee list
• MAGEE, Janet — director, appointed 30/10/2023on trustee list
• RUSSO, Sara Margaret — director, appointed 13/02/2023on trustee list
• THORLEY, Simon Joe — director, appointed 13/02/2023on trustee list
• ROUTH, Alexander Francis, Prof — director, appointed 10/03/2022on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Raymond — director, appointed 01/09/2020not on trustee list
• DATTA, Munish Balbir — director, appointed 28/11/2019on trustee list
• LEGGOE, Debra — secretary, appointed 12/02/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 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)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Windmillchair
• Alexander Francis Routh Prof · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anu Kumar
• Christopher Spratt
• Dr Nathaniel Segaren
• Dr Richard Brookes
• Graham Michael David Day
• Janet Magee
• Jonathan Onions
• Lavinia Abell
• MUNISH DATTA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marwan Mikdadi
• Nicolas Jerome Vincent Ceron
• Ray Anderson
• Romane Thomas
• Sara Russo
• Simon Thorley
• Susana Berlevy
• Suzanne Kathleen Mason

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• PARMITER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £160k
• ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED income £5.5m
• JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION income £836k
• IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £559k
• AL-NOOR FOUNDATION LIMITED income £585k
• CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

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