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ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 278301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL

Nursery, pre-preparatory and preparatory school for boys and girls aged 2 to 16, with weekly and flexible boarding options.

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Latest income
£17.3m
Latest spending
£13.0m
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School recorded an operating surplus of £4,280,872 for the year ended 31st August 2025, with total reserves increasing to £8,527,697. The Trustees report that the School maintains a budgeted surplus for the foreseeable future and has 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

Highest-paid employee band: £230,000 - £240,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £130k)
“The number of employees receiving remuneration benefits, excluding employer pension costs, of more than £60,000 during the year was: £230,000 - £240,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Tuition and boarding fees (88% of income)
“The principal source of funding for the School remains tuition fees.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two spouses of key management personnel and five family members on full time or part time bases received salaries and pensions contributions during the year along with associated social security costs totalling £164,446.
“Two spouses of key management personnel and five family members on full time or part time bases received salaries and pensions contributions during the year along with associated social security costs totalling £164,446.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £39800.0m
“The Valuation Report shows notional assets of £222.2bn and liabilities of £262bn, resulting in a scheme deficit of £39.8bn.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 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)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £200k. 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
£17.3m
Total spending
£13.0m
Reserves (reported)
£8.3m
Employees
205

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£17.3m£13.0m
31/08/2024£9.6m£9.5m
31/08/2023£8.7m£8.5m
31/08/2022£7.8m£7.5m
31/08/2021£6.9m£6.6m

Common questions

Is ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School recorded an operating surplus of £4,280,872 for the year ended 31st August 2025, with total reserves increasing to £8,527,697. The Trustees report that the School maintains a budgeted surplus for the foreseeable future and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £230,000 - £240,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/07/2025£16kSchool Games Organiser - 288
Sport England15/04/2025£8kSchool Games Organiser - 288
Sport England03/06/2024£24kSchool Games Organiser - 288
Sport England08/09/2023£16kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England15/03/2023£8kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England26/07/2022£15kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England23/03/2022£9kSchool Games Organiser

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
THE CHEAM FOUNDATION1£172k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE FY2025£18.7m——unclear—no doubt
CHEAM SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£9.0m£100,000 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
FELTONFLEET SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.1m——within—no doubt
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL FY2025£7.1m——unclear—no doubt

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