ST MARY'S SCHOOL (CALNE)

Registered charity 309482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of boarding and day education for girls aged 11-18 at St Mary's School, Calne and day education for boys and girls at St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne. In so doing, providing high quality education to students whose families do not otherwise have the financial means to fund independent education.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £358,157 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £17,110,943. The trustees report that the charity has no free reserves, a situation typical for independent schools due to high fixed asset values, and maintains adequate reserves to ensure future development and capital investment. Bank loans were settled in full during the year, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00235572
• Trading subsidiary: ST MARY'S SCHOOL (CALNE) SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 04111368

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DONALD, Edward — director, appointed 11/09/2025on trustee list
• CORBETT, James Richard — director, appointed 11/09/2025on trustee list
• SCOTT, Annabel Rose — director, appointed 14/05/2025on trustee list
• BIRCHALL, Susan Elizabeth — director, appointed 28/02/2025on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Michael Anthony, Revd Canon — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• HARRIS, Deborah Jane — director, appointed 17/11/2020on trustee list
• PEARCE, Patricia Rosemary — director, appointed 01/09/2019on trustee list
• SYKES, Pamela Mary — director, appointed 23/03/2019on trustee list
• BELL, Catherine Rachel — director, appointed 18/11/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mrs Cate Bellchair
• Annabel Rose Scott
• Deborah Harris
• Edward Donald
• James Corbett
• Pamela Mary Sykes
• Patricia Pearce
• Susan Elizabeth Birchall
• The Revd Canon Michael Johnson

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD.

• ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD income £4.5m
• ST MARY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST income £214k
• ST.PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK income £27.7m
• ST MARY'S COLLEGE CROSBY TRUST LIMITED income £11.5m
• MALVERN ST JAMES LIMITED income £15.0m
• ST MARY'S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE income £13.3m

Side by side with its peers

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