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ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE, BRADFIELD

Registered charity 309089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRADFIELD COLLEGE

St Andrew's College, Bradfield includes Bradfield College which is a co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 13-18, and St Andrew's School which is a co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 3-13.

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Latest income
£49.1m
Latest spending
£48.4m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £800,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £48.7 million. The charity holds a £30 million bond to fund capital projects and maintains a cash holding of £10.6 million, indicating strong liquidity despite inflationary pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £210,001 - £220,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £130k)
“£210,001 - £220,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: not held as free reserves (held: £48.7m)
“in line with most other independent schools, retained surpluses are not held as free reserves.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Lease payments to subsidiary
“Annual rent of £173,000 and £36,000 is also payable to the Charity for the hire of the College golf course and tennis centre respectively.”
“Payments to Field Seymour Parkes for legal services £5,110 (2024: £35,368)” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legal services from trustee-connected firm
“Annual rent of £173,000 and £36,000 is also payable to the Charity for the hire of the College golf course and tennis centre respectively.”
“Payments to Field Seymour Parkes for legal services £5,110 (2024: £35,368)” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (6,415 followers) · instagram (8,952 followers)

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

Total income
£49.1m
Total spending
£48.4m
Cost of raising funds
£5.0m
Reserves (reported)
£48.2m
Employees
696

Reported reserves equal ~12.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 10.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£49.1m£48.4m
31/08/2024£46.0m£46.3m
31/08/2023£42.9m£43.4m
31/08/2022£44.6m£39.1m
31/08/2021£28.9m£30.0m

Common questions

Is ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE, BRADFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a net surplus of £800,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £48.7 million. The charity holds a £30 million bond to fund capital projects and maintains a cash holding of £10.6 million, indicating strong liquidity despite inflationary pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE, BRADFIELD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £210,001 - £220,000 band.

Who funds ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE, BRADFIELD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE, BRADFIELD as a grant recipient include THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£218kBursary awards
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£173kHealth & Wellbeing Centre
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£48kSt Andrew’s Study Centre
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£6kArchive Digitisation (Chronicles)
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kShooting - purchase of new equipment and range repairs
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kMusic Trips — enrichment music trips for scholars

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
THE RADLEY FOUNDATION1£3.4m
THE DANSON FOUNDATION1£302k
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP1£23k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£5k
GRAFF FOUNDATION1£0

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE, BRADFIELD£49.1m£210,001 - £220,000—unclear—no doubt
THE BRADFIELD FOUNDATION FY2025£655k—0unclear—no doubt
Halstead St Andrew's School Trust FY2025£5.9m——unclear—no doubt
ST PETER'S COLLEGE, RADLEY FY2025£47.6m——unclear—no doubt
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£7.8m£150,001 - £160,000—below—no doubt
ARDINGLY COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£45.1m——unclear—no doubt

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