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PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 288675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL

Prince's Mead is an independent co-educational prep school for children from 3 to 11 years.

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Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity executed a transfer agreement and merged with King Edward VI School on 1 September 2025, ceasing its activity as a school. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, and the entity is now dormant pending winding up. Prior to the merger, the charity held unrestricted funds of £6,744,732, representing approximately 18 months of core operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £130,001 - £140,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£130,000 - £140,000 1” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Tuition fees (91% of income)
“Tuition fee income accounted for 91% of total income” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenses reimbursed to governors
“Expenses totalling £2,864 (2024: £1,246) were reimbursed to, or paid on behalf of, 13 Governors during the year in respect of costs incurred in carrying out their duties.” — page 28
“Gifts totalling £1,536 were made by the School in recognition of the service and retirement of 11 Governors.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gifts to retiring governors
“Expenses totalling £2,864 (2024: £1,246) were reimbursed to, or paid on behalf of, 13 Governors during the year in respect of costs incurred in carrying out their duties.” — page 28
“Gifts totalling £1,536 were made by the School in recognition of the service and retirement of 11 Governors.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£4.5m
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£6.7m
Employees
70

Reported reserves equal ~17.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£5.3m£4.5m
31/08/2024£5.0m£4.7m
31/08/2023£4.5m£4.3m
31/08/2022£4.3m£3.9m
31/08/2021£3.6m£3.5m

Common questions

Is PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity executed a transfer agreement and merged with King Edward VI School on 1 September 2025, ceasing its activity as a school. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, and the entity is now dormant pending winding up. Prior to the merger, the charity held unrestricted funds of £6,744,732, representing approximately 18 months of core operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,001 - £140,000 band.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL TRUST£5.3m£130,001 - £140,000—above—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
TORMEAD LIMITED FY2025£15.5m£160,001 - £170,000—above—no doubt
KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD FY2025£247k—0unclear—no doubt
LORDSMEAD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£267k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRINCETHORPE FOUNDATION FY2025£20.4m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt

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