ST NEOTS (EVERSLEY) LIMITED

Registered charity 307324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST NEOTS PREPARATORY SCHOOL · filing overdue (register status)

Provision of primary school education, Nursery and child care creche facilities for up to 335 boys and girls aged between 3 months and the end of Year 8 (13 year olds) in an independent school..

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Latest income

£5.2m

Latest spending

£5.1m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an accounting surplus of £71,166 for the year ended 31 August 2024, following a deficit in the previous year. The trustees report that unrestricted funds stood at £3,788,187, though they note the absence of free reserves, with day-to-day working capital managed through short-term liquid resources. The financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the planned merger with Lord Wandsworth College in September 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“As the activities of the School will be transferred within twelve months of the date of approval of these accounts they are prepared on a basis other than Going Concern.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£5.2m

Total spending

£5.1m

Cost of raising funds

£9k

Reserves (reported)

£3.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JOHN HERTZELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Daniel Robert Gowan
David Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
GRAHAM HENRY TONGUE
James Edward Philpott
Wendy Berry · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Reading · Surrey · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	—	—
31/08/2024	£5.2m	£5.1m
31/08/2023	£4.3m	£4.4m
31/08/2022	£3.5m	£4.1m
31/08/2021	£3.5m	£4.1m

Common questions

Is ST NEOTS (EVERSLEY) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an accounting surplus of £71,166 for the year ended 31 August 2024, following a deficit in the previous year. The trustees report that unrestricted funds stood at £3,788,187, though they note the absence of free reserves, with day-to-day working capital managed through short-term liquid resources. The financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the planned merger with Lord Wandsworth College in September 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST NEOTS (EVERSLEY) LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

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 WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£454k
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION	1	£173k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED.

FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED income £208k
GOOSTREY PRE-SCHOOL income £147k
YATELEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £227k
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED income £7.0m
NORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL LIMITED income £3.0m
WELLINGTON SCHOOL 1837 income £18.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST NEOTS (EVERSLEY) LIMITED	£5.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	not going concern
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GOOSTREY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YATELEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£227k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025	£7.0m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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