THE LEYS AND ST FAITH'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides high quality education for children from the age of 3 to 18 at two schools, The Leys and St Faith's.It also makes use of the facilities , when not required by the schools, for other charitable purposes for the benefit of the local community and the wider public.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: LEYS ENTERPRISES (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED Companies House 02016905
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07748737

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Leys School (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• UPTON, John Andrew — director, appointed 29/09/2025on trustee list
• BURRETT, James — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
• BEARCROFT, Philip William Peter, Dr — director, appointed 17/06/2025on trustee list
• BURGESS, Stephen John — director, appointed 01/03/2025on trustee list
• REGAN, Samuel Ohene Asante — director, appointed 07/05/2024on trustee list
• IQTIDAR, Humeira, Professor — director, appointed 07/05/2024on trustee list
• NORTHCOTT, Stephanie Louise — director, appointed 01/02/2024on trustee list
• RYCROFT, Matthew John — director, appointed 31/10/2023on trustee list
• WIENAND, Victoria Margaret — director, appointed 04/10/2023on trustee list
• ANTHONY, Richard Forbes, Dr — director, appointed 04/10/2023on trustee list
• GLASS, Paul Stuart, Rev Dr — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
• SALES, Lucy Alice — director, appointed 28/01/2022on trustee list
• SILVERTON, Ashley Victor — director, appointed 26/11/2021on trustee list
• MAY, John Michael — director, appointed 02/11/2021on trustee list
• GLADWIN, Jeremy Michael — director, appointed 02/11/2021on trustee list
• FAIREY, Charles Thomas — director, appointed 05/06/2019on trustee list
• LOFT, Stephanie — director, appointed 05/12/2017on trustee list
• BROWN, Martin Andrew — director, appointed 19/09/2017on trustee list
• RENFREW KNIGHT, Helena Margaret — director, appointed 19/09/2017not on trustee list
• CLARKE, Julia Louise — director, appointed 18/04/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £2.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Silverton
• Charles Thomas Fairey
• Dr Philip William Peter Bearcroft · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr RICHARD FORBES ANTHONY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helena Margaret Renfrew Knight
• James Burrett
• Jeremy Michael Gladwin
• John Andrew Upton
• John Michael May · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julia Louise Clarke
• Lucy Alice Sales
• Martin Brown
• Professor Humeira Iqtidar
• Rev Paul Stuart GLASS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Mitchell
• Samuel Ohene Asante Regan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sir Matthew John Rycroft
• Stephanie Loft
• Stephanie Louise Northcott
• Stephen John Burgess · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Michael Peak · trustee of 2 other charities
• VICTORIA MARGARET WIENAND
• Wendy Nelson-Challen

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGDOM EDUCATION LIMITED.

• KINGDOM EDUCATION LIMITED income £1.7m
• CHELTENHAM COLLEGE AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL income £41.7m
• BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED income £5.4m
• THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD income £9.8m
• IBSTOCK PLACE SCHOOL income £26.0m
• COVENTRY SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £26.4m

Side by side with its peers

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