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IPSWICH SCHOOL

Registered charity 310493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of education for children aged between 1 and 18

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Latest income
£26.1m
Latest spending
£25.8m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £9,334,488 (2025) against net current liabilities of £3,433,430. The charity operates a trading subsidiary and maintains tangible fixed assets valued at £21,577,593, indicating a stable asset base despite current liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Ipswich School Corporate Trustee Ltd
“The Directors of Ipswich School Corporate Trustee Ltd who are all Governors of the school have overall responsibility for ensuring that the Charity and its trading subsidiary has appropriate systems and controls, financial and otherwise.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ipswich School (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£26.1m
Total spending
£25.8m
Cost of raising funds
£821k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
390

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£26.1m£25.8m
31/08/2024£25.5m£25.5m
31/08/2023£24.6m£24.4m
31/08/2022£21.3m£21.2m
31/08/2021£19.8m£19.8m

Common questions

Is IPSWICH SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £9,334,488 (2025) against net current liabilities of £3,433,430. The charity operates a trading subsidiary and maintains tangible fixed assets valued at £21,577,593, indicating a stable asset base despite current liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ensors.

Who funds IPSWICH SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name IPSWICH SCHOOL as a grant recipient include IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£550kCharitable activities / Grants payable
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kCharitable activities / Grants payable
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2023£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2022£2kGeneral charitable donations

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
AXIS FOUNDATION1£20k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£10k
THE ARCHER TRUST1£6k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION1£3k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IPSWICH SCHOOL£26.1m—0unclear—no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£559k—0below—no doubt
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD FY2025£253k—0within—no doubt
GRANGE ROSE HILL SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
IPSWICH COMMUNITY PLAYBUS FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt

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