RUSSELL SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 271907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL RUSSELL SCHOOL, RUSSELL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

To educate boys and girls.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORGOING

Area of benefit: U.K. OR ELSEWHERE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net income of £2,210,254 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £30,179,963. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for projected requirements and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's financial viability or going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01163246
• Trading subsidiary: RUSSELL SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 09860025
• Trading subsidiary: RUSSELL SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Companies House 11243414

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.

• ROGERS, Daniel Alan — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
• GRANT, Michelle Jane — director, appointed 09/12/2022on trustee list
• BEDELL-PEARCE, Olivia Gaynor — director, appointed 09/12/2022on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Shirley — director, appointed 09/12/2022on trustee list
• DAWSON, Peter John — director, appointed 19/06/2020on trustee list
• SMITH, Jennifer — director, appointed 06/12/2019on trustee list
• ROACH-BOWLER, Andrew Colin Patrick — director, appointed 06/12/2019on trustee list
• ANSARI, Ali Massoud, Professor — director, appointed 29/03/2019on trustee list
• COBILL, Nicholas — director, appointed 23/03/2018on trustee list
• LORIE, Andrew Gideon — director, appointed 01/09/2016on trustee list
• LACEY, James Douglas — director, appointed 20/03/2015on trustee list
• JESSUP, Lisa Jane — director, appointed 22/06/2012on trustee list
• MOOR, Philip Drury, Sir — director, appointed 13/07/2009not on trustee list
• PENNY, James Richard — director, appointed 23/11/2007not on trustee list
• FERNANDES, Agnelo Teles, Dr — director, appointed 09/10/2006on trustee list
• MERRIMAN, Andrew John — director, appointed 23/06/2005on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram (4,766 followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MERRIMANchair
• Andrew Lorie
• Andrew Roach-Bowler
• Daniel Alan Rogers
• Dr AGNELO FERNANDES
• JAMES PENNY ACIB FSI
• James Douglas Lacey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Victoria Burton
• Jennifer Smith
• LISA JANE JESSUP
• Michelle Grant
• Nicholas Cobill · trustee of 2 other charities
• Olivia Bedell-Pearce
• Peter Dawson
• Professor Ali Massoud Ansari
• SIR PHILIP DRURY MOOR QC
• Shirley Thompson

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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