BEACHBOROUGH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 309910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principle activity of the charity is to provide a high quality education for boys and girls from the ages of two to thirteen years of age.

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Latest income
£7.3m
Latest spending
£6.9m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school's finances remain healthy, reporting a net surplus of £415,066 and total unrestricted reserves of £8,390,654. The trustees confirm that cash reserves are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due, with no bank loans or borrowings outstanding. The school maintains a designated bursary fund and plans to build further capital reserves from annual surpluses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 10% of turnover (held: £8.4m)
“It is the Governors’ policy to maintain free reserves equivalent to 10% of turnover to cover the immediate needs for essential operating expenditure and any unexpected financial event.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). 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)

Total income
£7.3m
Total spending
£6.9m
Cost of raising funds
£96k
Reserves (reported)
£4.1m
Employees
130

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.3% 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: Buckinghamshire · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.3m£6.9m
31/08/2024£7.2m£6.2m
31/08/2023£6.4m£6.0m
31/08/2022£6.2m£5.6m
31/08/2021£5.7m£5.2m

Common questions

Is BEACHBOROUGH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school's finances remain healthy, reporting a net surplus of £415,066 and total unrestricted reserves of £8,390,654. The trustees confirm that cash reserves are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due, with no bank loans or borrowings outstanding. The school maintains a designated bursary fund and plans to build further capital reserves from annual surpluses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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 ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION1—
THE REECE FOUNDATION1£90k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEACHBOROUGH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED£7.3m——unclear—no doubt
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED) FY2025£28.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
BELMONT-BIRKLANDS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.1m—0below—noted
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.1m£90,001 - £100,0002above—no doubt

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