ST. ALBANS SCHOOL WOOLLAM TRUST

Registered charity 311020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD TRUST, ST ALBANS GRAMMAR SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD

The objects of St Albans School Woollam Trust are to provide and maintain playing fields and other recreational facilities for the pupils of St Albans School.In addition the trust aims to provide playing fields in sufficient number and of the highest standard to encourage participation in sporting events at all levels. This extends to a wide range of local and regional sports teams and clubs.

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Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of £84,913 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds amounting to £12,407,473. The trustees confirmed that free reserves of £2,210,304 are adequate to meet unforeseen maintenance costs, and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Largest income source: Hire of sports facilities (91% of income)

“Hire of sports facilities 1,582,380” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: adequate reserves to enable the Trust to meet unforeseen costs in respect of maintenance of the Trust land and buildings (held: £2.2m)

“It is the Trustee’s policy to maintain adequate reserves to enable the Trust to meet unforeseen costs in respect of maintenance of the Trust land and buildings.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Abbey Gateway Enterprises Limited

“Abbey Gateway Enterprises Limited licences and runs the Sports Centre out of school hours.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Joe Silvester — Headmaster (source)
Neil Osborn — Chairman of the Board of Governors (source)
Anna Philpott — Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors (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.

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

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£36k

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~16.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ST ALBANS SCHOOL WOOLLAM TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/08/2024	£1.9m	£1.7m
31/08/2023	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/08/2022	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/08/2021	£1.3m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is ST. ALBANS SCHOOL WOOLLAM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of £84,913 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds amounting to £12,407,473. The trustees confirmed that free reserves of £2,210,304 are adequate to meet unforeseen maintenance costs, and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BROTHERS OF THE SACRED HEART	1	£129k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with St Albans Education Group.

St Albans Education Group income £33.1m
ST ALBANS SCHOOL income £23.6m
ST COLUMBA'S COLLEGE AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL income £16.9m
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
THE WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £240k
WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD. income £6.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST. ALBANS SCHOOL WOOLLAM TRUST	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
St Albans Education Group FY2025	£33.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ALBANS SCHOOL FY2025	£23.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST COLUMBA'S COLLEGE AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL FY2025	£16.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£240k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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