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EDGE GROVE SCHOOL TRUST LTD

Registered charity 311054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDGE GROVE, EDGE GROVE SCHOOL

Edge Grove is a co-educational, independent day preparatory and pre-preparatory school for children between the ages of 3 and 13 years.

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Latest income
£7.6m
Latest spending
£7.6m
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school reported a net deficit for the year of £12,319, a decrease from the previous year's surplus. The trustees confirm that despite this deficit, the school has sufficient working capital to finance the budget and continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School Fees (91% of income)
“Gross Fees 7,184,502”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Companies House and Charity Commission records were not updated to include all director / governor appointments and resignations.
“Our work highlighted that Companies House and Charity Commission records were not updated to include all director / governor appointments and resignations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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)

6 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£7.6m
Total spending
£7.6m
Cost of raising funds
£174k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
85

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.6m£7.6m
31/08/2024£7.7m£7.6m
31/08/2023£7.1m£7.5m
31/08/2022£7.8m£7.4m
31/08/2021£7.5m£6.9m

Common questions

Is EDGE GROVE SCHOOL TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school reported a net deficit for the year of £12,319, a decrease from the previous year's surplus. The trustees confirm that despite this deficit, the school has sufficient working capital to finance the budget and continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds EDGE GROVE SCHOOL TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EDGE GROVE SCHOOL TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2021£5kTowards two new trophy cabinets

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
THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION1£96k
THE LUDGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£90k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALDERLEY EDGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EDGE GROVE SCHOOL TRUST LTD£7.6m—0unclear—no doubt
ALDERLEY EDGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FY2024£6.3m——unclear—not going concern
LUDGROVE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.2m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
The Gregg Schools Trust FY2025£6.4munclear—unclear—no doubt
EDGE FOUNDATION FY2025£544k——unclear—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt

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