ST MARY MAGDALEN'S RC SCHOOL PTA

Registered charity 1152018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The PTA organises a mixture of small & large fundraising events. The two main events are the Christmas & Summer fairs.The PTA aims to provide funds to enhance the school environment & resources available to children & teachers.Each year the PTA provides funds for a mixture of recurring school costs, and to contribute to larger one-off projects that provide improvements to the school.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL;ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £51,694 from £65,860 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure significantly increased to £92,182 from £45,160. Consequently, unrestricted reserves fell to £16,823, which remains above the stated minimum reserve policy of £10,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 (held: £17k)
“A minimum level of reserves is set for the start of each school year. This currently stands at £10,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 25

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

  • Volunteers: 15

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 09/09/2025, 71 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 15/07/2022, 15 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ST MARY MAGDALEN'S RC SCHOOL PTA (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£52k£92k
31/08/2024£66k£45k
31/08/2023£32k£29k
31/08/2022£32k£39k
31/08/2021£40k£18k

Common questions

Is ST MARY MAGDALEN'S RC SCHOOL PTA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £51,694 from £65,860 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure significantly increased to £92,182 from £45,160. Consequently, unrestricted reserves fell to £16,823, which remains above the stated minimum reserve policy of £10,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MARY MAGDALEN'S RC SCHOOL PTA£52k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FY2025£49k—0below—no doubt
MARGARET ROPER PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA FY2026£26k——unclear—no doubt
LANGSTONE SCHOOL PTA FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
JOHN BETTS' SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S ASSOCIATION FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt

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