ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) LIMITED

Registered charity 280688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAELS SCHOOL

To carry on as an Independent Preparatory School as an educational charity and to provide for the training and instruction of pupils on the basis of Christian principles

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £70,383 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £496,842. Despite the deficit and reduced cash position, the trustees confirm that reserves remain sufficient to meet short-term obligations and continue operations as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Edmund Carr LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01489366

What the charity says about itself

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mr James Mobbs — Headmaster (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.

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.

• ROBINSON, Anne Caroline, Dr — director, appointed 23/03/2026not on trustee list
• MUSHTAQ, Mehnaz — director, appointed 08/10/2025on trustee list
• PARNELL, William Gregory — director, appointed 16/05/2024on trustee list
• TETCHNER, Heather Elizabeth — director, appointed 28/11/2022on trustee list
• MACLEOD, Fraser Alexander — director, appointed 11/10/2021not on trustee list
• HOLDCROFT, Thomas Nigel — director, appointed 18/11/2019on trustee list
• WYLIE, David Victor, Rev — director, appointed 05/03/2018on trustee list
• EVANS, Fay — director, appointed 01/11/2007on trustee list
• MILLS, Stuart Ian Templer — director, appointed 26/05/2004not on trustee list
• ORWELL, Karen Ann — secretary, appointed 01/05/2004

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £485k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (1,111 likes) · instagram (721 followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK HARWOOD STENNETTchair
• Diane Elizabeth Harris
• Dr Ann Robinson
• FAY EVANS
• Fraser MacCleod
• Heather Elizabeth Tetchner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mehnaz Mushtaq
• Nigel Holdcroft
• Rev David Wylie
• S MILLS
• William Parnell

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MICHAEL'S FAMILY CENTRE.

• ST MICHAEL'S FAMILY CENTRE income £597k
• SARUM ST MICHAEL EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £200k
• MICHAEL HALL SCHOOL income £5.5m
• LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
• ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD income £4.5m
• HIGHGATE ST MICHAEL'S NATIONAL SCHOOL income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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