KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1200527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE LIMITED

Running a day/boarding school known as King's College School, Cambridge in accordance with the principles and doctrine of the Anglican faith but welcoming to pupils of all faiths or none; the provision of accommodation and education for School-age choristers of King's College, Cambridge; such other charitable purposes when they are not required for the formal education of the School's pupils.

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Latest income

£8.1m

Latest spending

£7.5m

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £583k for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £3.86m. The trustees confirm the school remains in a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sensible level, considering the need to maintain the School site and fund future capital expenditure, while retaining sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable the School to continue to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall (held: £3.9m)

“The School's policy is to build reserves to a sensible level, considering the need to maintain the School site and fund future capital expenditure, while retaining sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable the School to continue to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: KCS Facilities Ltd

“During the year to July 2025, the group comprised of King’s College School, Cambridge, and one wholly owned subsidiary: KCS Facilities Ltd.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Yvette Day — Head (source)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income

£8.1m

Total spending

£7.5m

Cost of raising funds

£4k

Reserves (reported)

£3.9m

Employees

106

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

THE REVD CANON STEPHEN ARTHUR CHERRY BSC MA PHDchair
Andrew John Scotland
DANIEL STEPHEN HYDE
Dr THOMAS KEITH CARNE · trustee of 2 other charities
HENRY STUART THACKRAH
JASON CHARLES JAMES
RICHARD DAVID HILL · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Philip Crookall · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£8.1m	£7.5m
31/07/2024	£8.1m	£7.2m
31/07/2023	£9.2m	£6.7m

Common questions

Is KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £583k for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £3.86m. The trustees confirm the school remains in a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION	1	£13.3m
Friends of the Nations' Libraries	1	£25k
G M C TRUST	1	£2k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE.

KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE income £162k
THE KING'S COLLEGE OF OUR LADY AND SAINT NICHOLAS IN CAMBRIDGE income £24.4m
HAMPSHIRE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m
THE KING'S SCHOOL OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CANTERBURY income £52.8m
KING'S SCHOOL income £17.8m
THE CHURCH SCHOOLS OF CAMBRIDGE (THE OLD SCHOOLS) income £378k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE	£8.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE FY2024	£162k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KING'S COLLEGE OF OUR LADY AND SAINT NICHOLAS IN CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£24.4m	—	—	above	5.0%	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE KING'S SCHOOL OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CANTERBURY FY2025	£52.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KING'S SCHOOL FY2025	£17.8m	£200,001 - £210,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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