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OUR LADY OF SION SCHOOL, WORTHING

Registered charity 1121398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education of boys and girls aged 3 to 19 years

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Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £468,614 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by a reduction in incoming resources and increased costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £234,591, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, though the trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £235k; policy: six months expenditure)
“This leaves unrestricted funds of £2,032,596 (2024: £2,502,403) which, when fixed assets of £1,798,005 (2024: £941,974) are ignored, leaves free reserves of £234,591 (2024: £1,560,429) at year end. The Governors have set a reserve policy of ensuring that the school has the equivalent of a minimum of six months expenditure held in reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£4.5m
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
85

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.0m£4.5m
31/08/2024£4.3m£4.7m
31/08/2023£4.3m£4.3m
31/08/2022£4.2m£4.0m
31/08/2021£3.9m£3.7m

Common questions

Is OUR LADY OF SION SCHOOL, WORTHING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £468,614 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by a reduction in incoming resources and increased costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £234,591, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, though the trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Alliotts LLP.

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
W G S TRUST1£3.2m
THE PALOMA FOUNDATION1£300k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£67k
THE CROSS TRUST1£50k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£38k
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUR LADY'S ABINGDON TRUSTEES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUR LADY OF SION SCHOOL, WORTHING£4.0m——below—no doubt
OUR LADY'S ABINGDON TRUSTEES LIMITED FY2023£6.2m£100,001 - £110,000—below—material uncertainty
LANCING COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT WORTHING LIMITED FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL FY2025£11.3m——unclear—no doubt
WORTH SCHOOL FY2025£25.0m——below—no doubt
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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