THE CORPORATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL

Registered charity 309921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAXTON JUNIOR SCHOOL, OUNDLE SCHOOL

The object of the charity is to provide an education of the highest quality.

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Latest income

£53.4m

Latest spending

£51.4m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group held total net assets of £140,074,000 at the year-end, with unrestricted tangible fixed assets of £122,904,000. The Governors consider the level of reserves adequate and believe the Group is well placed to manage business risks, noting no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis of preparation.

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” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 121

“The number of employees whose employee benefits excluding employer pension contributions, amounted to over £60,000 in the year was 121 (2024: 114).” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: School fees (86% of income)

“School fees receivable 3 45,927 - - 45,927 43,167” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six weeks' expenditure (held: £115.1m)

“The Governors have set a minimum level for liquid assets of £4,200,000 (defined as cash at bank and in hand and bonds with a maturity of less than one year), equivalent to six weeks’ expenditure. Liquid assets at 31 July 2025 were £21,169,000 meaning this target was exceeded.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Oundle School Enterprises Limited

“Oundle School Enterprises Limited carries out ancillary and other trading. The principal activities are the letting of premises of Oundle School and US, including the provision of associated catering and domestic services and managing the commercial aspects of the Sports Centre.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 114 (FY2024) → 121 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Laxton Junior School crowned Cricket Champions peterboroughtoday.co.uk · 08/05/2026
Laxton Junior School pupils raise money for Ugandan school through Enterprise Project peterboroughtoday.co.uk · 13/01/2026

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dominic Oliver — Head (source)

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).

Department for Education — “A successful £20,000 bid for DfE funding, matched by OPEN LP partners, has supported a STEM resource library accessible to any school and te…” (source page)
Imperial College London — “Our founding Supporters are: Imperial College London, Swansea University, ACS, Harrow School, Shrewsbury School and five Multi-Academy Trust…” (source page)
Swansea University — “Our founding Supporters are: Imperial College London, Swansea University, ACS, Harrow School, Shrewsbury School and five Multi-Academy Trust…” (source page)
ACS — “Our founding Supporters are: Imperial College London, Swansea University, ACS, Harrow School, Shrewsbury School and five Multi-Academy Trust…” (source page)
Harrow School — “Our founding Supporters are: Imperial College London, Swansea University, ACS, Harrow School, Shrewsbury School and five Multi-Academy Trust…” (source page)
Shrewsbury School — “Our founding Supporters are: Imperial College London, Swansea University, ACS, Harrow School, Shrewsbury School and five Multi-Academy Trust…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

40 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (39 freehold); recorded price paid £703k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram (12K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£53.4m

Total spending

£51.4m

Cost of raising funds

£2.7m

Reserves (reported)

£63.8m

Employees

817

Reported reserves equal ~14.9 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 (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: 5.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

THE GOVERNING BODY OF OUNDLE SCHOOL

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£53.4m	£51.4m
31/07/2024	£51.7m	£49.8m
31/07/2023	£48.9m	£46.0m
31/07/2022	£42.5m	£42.4m
31/07/2021	£37.7m	£39.5m

Common questions

Is THE CORPORATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group held total net assets of £140,074,000 at the year-end, with unrestricted tangible fixed assets of £122,904,000. The Governors consider the level of reserves adequate and believe the Group is well placed to manage business risks, noting no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis of preparation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CORPORATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £210,001 - £220,000 band, and 121 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE CORPORATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CORPORATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE OUNDLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OUNDLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1.3m	Charitable activities (bursaries, scholarships, new buildings and equipment)
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2025	£475k	Education
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2023	£175k	Education
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2024	£175k	Education
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2022	£150k	Education

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION	1	—
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

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

THE OUNDLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £1.9m
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL income £41.1m
ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST income £3.4m
OLD OWEN'S ASSOCIATION AND SPORTS CLUB LIMITED income £101k
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED) income £28.1m
ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE BROTHERS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CORPORATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL	£53.4m	£210,001 - £220,000	121	above	—	no doubt
THE OUNDLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL FY2025	£41.1m	£210,000 - £220,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OLD OWEN'S ASSOCIATION AND SPORTS CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED) FY2025	£28.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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