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ST PIRAN'S SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 309094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£8.3m
Latest spending
£8.0m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a healthy operating surplus of £363,126 for the year ended 31 August 2023, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £3,850,178. Per the trustees' report, the school's financial position strengthened due to strong pupil numbers and careful cost control, despite economic uncertainties affecting parental affordability.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: build up free funds to provide necessary working capital resources to enable the Charity to meet strategic objectives and develop the facilities and infrastructure further to support learning excellence (held: £3.9m)
“The aim of the School's Reserves policy is to build up free funds to provide necessary working capital resources to enable the Charity to meet strategic objectives and develop the facilities and infrastructure further to support learning excellence.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A Sales, wife of Head; E Taylor, daughter of the Chair of Governors and L Robinson, wife of key management personnel. These employees are paid at normal commercial rates with no involvement by the related party in the decision making process.
“In the year to 31 August 2023, the school has employed; A Sales, wife of Head; E Taylor, daughter of the Chair of Governors and L Robinson, wife of key management personnel. These employees are paid at normal commercial rates with no involvement by the related party in the decision making process.” — page 39
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Piran's School Limited (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Total income
£8.3m
Total spending
£8.0m
Cost of raising funds
£545k
Reserves (reported)
£4.6m
Employees
158

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£8.3m£8.0m
31/08/2024£8.1m£7.7m
31/08/2023£7.7m£7.4m
31/08/2022£7.1m£6.9m
31/08/2021£6.4m£6.3m

Common questions

Is ST PIRAN'S SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity achieved a healthy operating surplus of £363,126 for the year ended 31 August 2023, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £3,850,178. Per the trustees' report, the school's financial position strengthened due to strong pupil numbers and careful cost control, despite economic uncertainties affecting parental affordability. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by MHA.