UPPINGHAM SCHOOL

Registered charity 1147280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q3403302 · Wikipedia

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

Objects

THE OBJECTS (OBJECTS) FOR WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS BY THE PROVISION OF A BOARDING AND/OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR UPPINGHAM AND BY THE PROVISION OF ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Rutland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 85 (£60,001–£70,000: 39; £70,001–£80,000: 25; £80,001–£90,000: 9; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 4; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 74 (£60,001–£70,000: 35; £70,001–£80,000: 20; £80,001–£90,000: 10; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 5; £200,001–£250,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 65 (£60,001–£70,000: 30; £70,001–£80,000: 22; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 4; £200,001–£250,000: 2)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram (9,683 followers)

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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

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 Ross Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£173kbursaries
The Ross FoundationFY2024£359

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 ELIZABETHAN TRUST1£1.1m
THE LUDGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£90k
THE MILLS CHARITY1£53k
THOMAS HARLEY'S ESTATE CHARITY1£553

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL£43.0m——unclear—no doubt
CATERHAM SCHOOL FY2025£48.8m——unclear—no doubt
OAKHAM SCHOOL FY2025£31.7m——below—no doubt
WOLDINGHAM SCHOOL FY2025£18.1m£180,001 - £210,000—above—no doubt
BADINGHAM PLAY SCHOOL FY2026£440k——unclear—no doubt
REEPHAM PRE SCHOOL FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt

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