THE COLCHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, SCHOOL FUND

Registered charity 289222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT, COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS COLCHESTER SCHOOL FUND

The majority of the Fund's income is provided by parents of students at the School and the Trustees are grateful for their continuing support. Additional income is received from local businesses and other organisations and the Fund also receives trading, commission and interest income.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE SCHOOL

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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Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£63k

Latest spending

£43k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £20,842 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £407,458. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. Total reserves stood at £598,996, reflecting the trustees' concerns about the substantial costs of future facilities projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The majority of the Fund's income is provided by parents of students at the School and the Trustees are grateful for their continuing support.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Complaints 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GILLIAN MARSHALLchair
Christine Cox
Dawn Frost
Dr SUZANNE PARROTT
Simon Page

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£63k	£43k
31/08/2024	£235k	£54k
31/08/2023	£94k	£70k
31/08/2022	£71k	£47k
31/08/2021	£64k	£21k

Common questions

Is THE COLCHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, SCHOOL FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £20,842 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £407,458. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. Total reserves stood at £598,996, reflecting the trustees' concerns about the substantial costs of future facilities projects. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£21k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
BCH TRUST	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLCHESTER SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS.

COLCHESTER SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £970k
MANCHESTER JUNIOR GIRLS SCHOOL income £1.3m
COLTON HILLS SCHOOL FUND income £94k
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED income £7.0m
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND income £349k
THE CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £286k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COLCHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, SCHOOL FUND	£63k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS FY2025	£970k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER JUNIOR GIRLS SCHOOL FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	noted
COLTON HILLS SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£94k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025	£7.0m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£349k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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