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ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (CARSWELL) TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 309640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of co-educational boarding and day school for children aged 3 years to 13 years

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Latest income
£7.5m
Latest spending
£7.7m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total loss for the year of £105,541, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £4,223,146 to £4,095,851. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the school has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of approval. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £8,606,011, which the trustees note have a market value in excess of book value.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £140,001 - £150,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £140,001 - £150,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Close members of the SLT’s family are paid a total salary of £45,498 (2023: £33,529). All close relatives who are or have been employed by the school have a standard contract of employment, have been through a thorough interview process and their salaries are determined as part of a full staff salary review which is approved by the Governors.
“Close members of the SLT’s family are paid a total salary of £45,498 (2023: £33,529). All close relatives who are or have been employed by the school have a standard contract of employment, have been through a thorough interview process and their salaries are determined as part of a full staff salary review which is approved by the Governors.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. 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
£7.5m
Total spending
£7.7m
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
126

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.4% 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: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.5m£7.7m
31/08/2024£7.4m£7.5m
31/08/2023£6.8m£7.0m
31/08/2022£6.6m£7.0m
31/08/2021£6.4m£6.2m

Common questions

Is ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (CARSWELL) TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total loss for the year of £105,541, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £4,223,146 to £4,095,851. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the school has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of approval. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £8,606,011, which the trustees note have a market value in excess of book value. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (CARSWELL) TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £140,001 - £150,000 band.

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 GROCERS' CHARITY1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (CARSWELL) TRUST LIMITED£7.5m£140,001 - £150,000—unclear—no doubt
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025£7.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED FY2025£5.8m——unclear—no doubt
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
TUDOR HALL SCHOOL FY2025£16.8m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—not going concern

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