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UPPINGHAM SCHOOL

Registered charity 1147280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Uppinghm is a full boarding school for boys and girls aged between 13 and 18 years of age.

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Latest income
£43.0m
Latest spending
£46.3m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £3,356,629 for the year, driven by exceptional closure costs of £2,815,040 associated with the Maidwell Hall site. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that unrestricted funds remain substantial at £61,035,041 and that cash reserves are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due, supporting a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (89% of income)
“The Charity’s principal funding sources were School fees (89% of incoming resources)” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: operate with a deficit on free reserves; cash headroom never falls below £3 million (held: £61.0m)
“The School’s policy is to operate with a deficit on free reserves and, over the foreseeable future, to continue to finance these two programmes through annual surpluses and borrowed funds. This policy is managed prudently by ensuring that cash ‘headroom’ (defined as cash balances plus available bank overdraft) never falls below £3 million.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The School paid £410 (2024: £150) to Oakham School for match entry fees and attendance at a training course. One of the Trustees is also a Trustee of Oakham School.
“The School paid £410 (2024: £150) to Oakham School for match entry fees and attendance at a training course. One of the Trustees is also a Trustee of Oakham School.” — page 48
“The School paid £702 (2024: £4,410) to the Curve Theatre for theatre tickets under an arms-length agreement. One of the Trustees is also a trustee of Leicester Theatre Trust, as is one of the School’s key management personnel who does not manage the contractual relationship.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The School paid £702 (2024: £4,410) to the Curve Theatre for theatre tickets under an arms-length agreement. One of the Trustees is also a trustee of Leicester Theatre Trust, as is one of the School’s key management personnel who does not manage the contractual relationship.
“The School paid £410 (2024: £150) to Oakham School for match entry fees and attendance at a training course. One of the Trustees is also a Trustee of Oakham School.” — page 48
“The School paid £702 (2024: £4,410) to the Curve Theatre for theatre tickets under an arms-length agreement. One of the Trustees is also a trustee of Leicester Theatre Trust, as is one of the School’s key management personnel who does not manage the contractual relationship.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The School paid F A N Grounds £2,196 (2024: £2,552) in respect of floral displays, under an arms-length agreement. F A N Grounds is the husband of one of the School’s key management personnel, who does not manage the contractual relationship.
“The School paid £410 (2024: £150) to Oakham School for match entry fees and attendance at a training course. One of the Trustees is also a Trustee of Oakham School.” — page 48
“The School paid £702 (2024: £4,410) to the Curve Theatre for theatre tickets under an arms-length agreement. One of the Trustees is also a trustee of Leicester Theatre Trust, as is one of the School’s key management personnel who does not manage the contractual relationship.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Uppingham School Enterprises Limited, Uppingham School (Construction) Limited
“The School carries out its UK trading operations through two wholly owned subsidiary companies, Uppingham School Enterprises Limited and Uppingham School (Construction) Limited.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

46 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (44 freehold); recorded price paid £2.8m. 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)

Total income
£43.0m
Total spending
£46.3m
Cost of raising funds
£247k
Reserves (reported)
£5.4m
Employees
600

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£43.0m£46.3m
31/08/2024£43.0m£43.0m
31/08/2023£40.5m£39.5m
31/08/2022£33.5m£33.3m
31/08/2021£30.5m£30.9m

Common questions

Is UPPINGHAM SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £3,356,629 for the year, driven by exceptional closure costs of £2,815,040 associated with the Maidwell Hall site. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that unrestricted funds remain substantial at £61,035,041 and that cash reserves are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due, supporting a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds UPPINGHAM SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UPPINGHAM SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION, The Ross Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATIONFY2025£173kbursaries
The Ross FoundationFY2024£359

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
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.5m
THE CADOGAN CHARITY1£300k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL£43.0m——unclear—no doubt
WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD. FY2025£6.4m——unclear—no doubt
Hulme Grammar School FY2025£10.6m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
HEATHFIELD SCHOOL FY2025£0——below—noted
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
HAMPTON SCHOOL FY2025£35.7m——below—no doubt

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