ST MARY'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Registered charity 1155647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30588163 · Wikipedia · also known as ST MARY'S COLLEGE, ST MARY'S COLLEGE SOUTHAMPTON

The objectives of the Charity are to advance the public benefit in the United Kingdom by establishing, maintaining and developing a Catholic School which shall offer a broad and balanced curriculum for pupils aged 3-16, as well as providing extra-curricular activities for the wellbeing, development and support of pupils at the School.

Objects

4A) TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, CARRYING ON, MANAGING AND DEVELOPING A CATHOLIC SCHOOL DESIGNATED AS SUCH ("THE SCHOOL") WHICH SHALL OFFER A BROAD AND BALANCED CURRICULUM FOR PUPILS ACROSS THE AGE RANGE 3-16 YEARS AND SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES AND TENETS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH INCLUDING ANY TRUST DEED GOVERNING THE USE OF LAND USED BY THE SCHOOL BOTH GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO ARRANGING FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND DAILY ACTS OF WORSHIP AND TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON 4B) ANCILLARY TO THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 4A) TO PROVIDE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WELLBEING, DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE PUPILS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL;4C) FURTHER AND ANCILLARY TO THE OBJECTS IN ARTICLE 4A) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WHICH ARE ANCILLARY TO THE PURPOSES THAT ARE SET OUT IN CLAUSE 4A) ABOVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LIFE OF SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2014

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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 31/08/2018

  • Government income: £69,556 — grants £69,556 (1); 3% of the £2,426,266 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2017

  • Government income: £72,879 — grants £72,879; 3% of the £2,123,754 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2016

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

5 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2018)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£44k
Reserves (reported)
£785k
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025——
31/08/2024——
31/08/2023——
31/08/2022——
31/08/2021——

Common questions

Who funds ST MARY'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST MARY'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO, THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2021£100kRent receivable (Note: Listed under Expenditure on charitable activities in Note 7, but Note 3 clarifies this is Rent receivable from St Mary’s College. However
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETYFY2023amount not statedStar Programme / Saturday School activities

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England13/03/2012£10kFoundation Football
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/01/2006£3k"One World Week' Will Involve Local Community Groups, Students And Specialists In The Performing Arts In Exploring Racism, Prejudice And Cont"