ST MARY'S HARE PARK SCHOOL

Registered charity 298326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the company is that of managing a private school for pupils from nursery, infant and primary age

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,429 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a net expenditure in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free/unrestricted reserves are currently at £Nil, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, and the trustees are working to rebuild these reserves over time.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At the year end, unrestricted funds which had not been designated for a specific purpose were below the target level set out in the reserves policy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Keith Schrod received £13,000 remuneration for services as interim business manager.

“During the year, Keith Schrod, a trustee of the charity, was employed by the charity. The charity paid total gross remuneration of £13,000 on an arm's length basis in respect of services in a professional capacity as interim business manager.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 25

“During the year, Keith Schrod, a trustee of the charity, was employed by the charity. The charity paid total gross remuneration of £13,000 on an arm's length basis in respect of services in a professional capacity as interim business manager. No amounts were outstanding at the year end.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £270k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£458k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

FRANCIS BRENDAN JONESchair
Bukola Olofinjana
Geoffrey David White
Johanna Yet Ching Liew
John Francis Daly
Keith Schrod

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/08/2024	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/08/2023	£1.4m	£1.7m
31/08/2022	£1.3m	£1.7m
31/08/2021	£1.4m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is ST MARY'S HARE PARK SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,429 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a net expenditure in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free/unrestricted reserves are currently at £Nil, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, and the trustees are working to rebuild these reserves over time. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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
MATER ECCLESIAE CIO	1	£190k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST.

ST MARY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST income £214k
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD income £4.5m
ST MARY'S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE income £13.3m
THE ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL income £333k
ST MARYS NURSERY, CAMBERLEY income £245k
HUNTER HALL SCHOOL LTD income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST MARY'S HARE PARK SCHOOL	£1.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£214k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD FY2025	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£13.3m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	below	—	no doubt
THE ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£333k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ST MARYS NURSERY, CAMBERLEY FY2025	£245k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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