PIPERS CORNER SCHOOL

Registered charity 310635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pipers Corner School provides an all round education to the highest standard for girls aged 4 to 18 years, including academic instruction and physical, moral and spiritual development.

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Latest income
£14.7m
Latest spending
£13.9m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £825,477 for the year ended 31 July 2025, maintaining a total fund balance of £17,057,381. The trustees confirmed that the school has sufficient reserves to meet its financial responsibilities as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: funds in excess of those required for day-to-day support of the School and its activities in order to meet the substantial and irregular costs of major maintenance and the extension of buildings and facilities (held: £17.1m)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to retain funds in excess of those required for day-to-day support of the School and its activities in order to meet the substantial and irregular costs of major maintenance and the extension of buildings and facilities to fulfil the School's development plan.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £738k
“The total deficit due by Pipers Corner School at 31 July 2025 is £738,180 (2024: £330,764).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Seymour Taylor Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 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 31/07/2025)

Total income
£14.7m
Total spending
£13.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
203

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, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% 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: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£14.7m£13.9m
31/07/2024£14.6m£13.3m
31/07/2023£13.1m£12.5m
31/07/2022£12.0m£11.3m
31/07/2021£11.4m£11.1m

Common questions

Is PIPERS CORNER SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £825,477 for the year ended 31 July 2025, maintaining a total fund balance of £17,057,381. The trustees confirmed that the school has sufficient reserves to meet its financial responsibilities as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Seymour Taylor Limited.

Who funds PIPERS CORNER SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PIPERS CORNER SCHOOL as a grant recipient include The Johnson Family Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Johnson Family Charitable TrustFY2022£5kEducational

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PIED PIPER PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PIPERS CORNER SCHOOL£14.7m——above—no doubt
PIED PIPER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
ST PIRAN'S PLAYSCHOOL FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOWER HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£40.3m——unclear—no doubt
PORT REGIS SCHOOL LTD FY2025£8.6m——unclear—no doubt

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