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NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED

Registered charity 269003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the school, a Catholic institution open to children of all faiths, is the advancement of education.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £303,822 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a significant reduction in unrestricted funds from £642,333 to £337,117. The trustees acknowledge that current reserves are below their stated policy target of approximately £250,000 and have implemented strategic measures, including staff redundancies and cost-saving initiatives, to restore financial viability. Despite the deficit, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 2 -” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 2 -” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £337k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The Committee acknowledges that the current level of reserves is below the limit set by the policy”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£47k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£1.5m
31/08/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/08/2023£1.3m£1.4m
31/08/2022£1.2m£1.3m
31/08/2021£1.2m£1.3m

Common questions

Is NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £303,822 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a significant reduction in unrestricted funds from £642,333 to £337,117. The trustees acknowledge that current reserves are below their stated policy target of approximately £250,000 and have implemented strategic measures, including staff redundancies and cost-saving initiatives, to restore financial viability. Despite the deficit, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

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
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY1£300k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0002below—no doubt
THE URSULINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FY2025£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
NEWARK PREPARATORY SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
NEWBRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
HOLY CROSS PREPARATORY SCHOOL KINGSTON FY2025£5.6m——within—no doubt
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt

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