PAPPLEWICK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 309087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAPPLEWICK SCHOOL

The charity's aim is the provision of education for boarding and day students within an environment where each pupil can achieve his potential.

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Latest income
£6.7m
Latest spending
£5.9m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £816,781 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds of £12,258,242. The trustees confirm that the level of reserves is consistent with the school’s reserves policy, which aims to build up reserves through annual operating surpluses to protect the school and its charitable programme.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £150,001 - £160,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£150,000 - £160,000 4” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: continue building up reserves by means of annual operating surpluses and judicious management (held: £12.0m)
“The policy is to continue building up reserves by means of annual operating surpluses and judicious management, supplemented by appeals from time to time.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£6.7m
Total spending
£5.9m
Reserves (reported)
£4.3m
Employees
75

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£6.7m£5.9m
31/08/2024£6.8m£6.0m
31/08/2023£6.2m£5.7m
31/08/2022£5.7m£5.1m
31/08/2021£4.9m£4.6m

Common questions

Is PAPPLEWICK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £816,781 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds of £12,258,242. The trustees confirm that the level of reserves is consistent with the school’s reserves policy, which aims to build up reserves through annual operating surpluses to protect the school and its charitable programme. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of PAPPLEWICK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £150,001 - £160,000 band.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAPPLEWICK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£6.7m£150,001 - £160,000—above—no doubt
THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£15.8m——unclear—no doubt
PAPPLEWICK PRE-SCHOOL GROUP FY2025£264k—0unclear5.2%no doubt
CHISWICK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA FY2025£149k—0above—no doubt
PINEWOOD SCHOOL LTD FY2025£8.3m——below—no doubt
POWNALL HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.9m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt

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