WELLESLEY HOUSE AND ST PETER COURT SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST LTD

Registered charity 307852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELLESLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

Provision of Schooling and Boarding for pupils

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND STUDENTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, FUNDING OR MANAGING A PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: GENERAL

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: Dover, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£199k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £67,821 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £5,341,436. The trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient to meet operating costs for six months and believe the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (89% of income)
“Rental income 176,697” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (reserves figure: £5.3m)
“The reserves balances are reviewed each year to ensure they are sufficient to meet the operating costs for six months.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 13 Investment in subsidiary
“The Charity is the sole shareholder in Wellesley House School Enterprises Limited, a trading company incorporated in April 1994. The company has not traded to date and is a dormant company.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Wellesley House School Enterprises Limited
“The Charity is the sole shareholder in Wellesley House School Enterprises Limited, a trading company incorporated in April 1994.” — page 16
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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Total income
£632k
Total spending
£110k
Reserves (reported)
£5.2m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (61% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£199k£131k
30/09/2024£190k£130k
30/09/2023£632k£110k
30/09/2022£152k£118k
30/09/2021£1.9m£2.8m

Common questions

Is WELLESLEY HOUSE AND ST PETER COURT SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £67,821 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £5,341,436. The trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient to meet operating costs for six months and believe the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£345k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST1£127k
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£59k
THE FARRER TRUST1£200

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERRIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WELLESLEY HOUSE AND ST PETER COURT SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST LTD£199k—0above—no doubt
HERRIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
WOODLEY PRESCHOOL FY2025£134k—0unclear—noted
PAPPLEWICK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.7m£150,001 - £160,000—above—no doubt
CLAIRES COURT PTA FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FY2025£22.9m——above—no doubt

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