FELSTED SCHOOL

Registered charity 310870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education of young people

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Latest income

£31.6m

Latest spending

£29.9m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves increased to £28.2 million, while restricted funds stood at £1.98 million and endowment funds at £16.7 million. The charity holds significant net assets of £46.9 million, supported by tangible fixed assets and securities investments, with a bank loan liability of approximately £4 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£31.6m

Total spending

£29.9m

Cost of raising funds

£267k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

549

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 (84% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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FELSTED SCHOOL TRUSTEE LTD

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£31.6m	£29.9m
31/08/2024	£30.3m	£30.3m
31/08/2023	£28.6m	£27.9m
31/08/2022	£27.0m	£25.8m
31/08/2021	£23.7m	£22.8m

Common questions

Is FELSTED SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves increased to £28.2 million, while restricted funds stood at £1.98 million and endowment funds at £16.7 million. The charity holds significant net assets of £46.9 million, supported by tangible fixed assets and securities investments, with a bank loan liability of approximately £4 million.

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
COUNTYPIER LIMITED	1	£116k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED	1	£20k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL income £248k
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND income £349k
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL FUND income £248k
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FELSTED SCHOOL	£31.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024	£248k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£349k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL FUND FY2026	£248k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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