THE PETERBOROUGH SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 269667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETERBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED

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Latest income
£8.2m
Latest spending
£8.1m
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £297,735 for the year ended 31 August 2023, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £7,297,337. The trustees confirm that the school's financial viability depends on its ability to continue trading at a surplus annually and on its substantial portfolio of fixed assets, rather than on income reserves. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£8.2m
Total spending
£8.1m
Cost of raising funds
£170k
Reserves (reported)
£7.5m
Employees
162

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Peterborough City · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£8.2m£8.1m
31/08/2024£8.2m£8.0m
31/08/2023£7.8m£7.5m
31/08/2022£7.1m£6.9m
31/08/2021£6.3m£6.1m

Common questions

Is THE PETERBOROUGH SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £297,735 for the year ended 31 August 2023, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £7,297,337. The trustees confirm that the school's financial viability depends on its ability to continue trading at a surplus annually and on its substantial portfolio of fixed assets, rather than on income reserves. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.