ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL (LETCHWORTH) LIMITED

Registered charity 311062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The education of girls, boys, or adults of either sex, and to carry on such Schools or Colleges as Interdenominational Schools with religious and ethical teaching based on the broadest principles of national and international fellowship and goodwill.

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Latest income
£10.3m
Latest spending
£11.6m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School reported a deficit of £1,259K for the year, primarily due to absorbing VAT costs on fees to support families. Despite this deficit, the School maintains a cash reserve of £1.534 million, which the Governors consider adequate to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one and three months’ expenditure (£750K to £2,250K) (held: £8.6m)
“For some years the Governors have had an established policy of keeping a cash reserve at a level equating to between one and three months’ expenditure (£750K to £2,250K).” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. 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 (2 freehold); recorded price paid £625k. 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
£10.3m
Total spending
£11.6m
Reserves (reported)
£8.6m
Employees
185

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median 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: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£10.3m£11.6m
31/08/2024£11.5m£11.6m
31/08/2023£10.4m£10.6m
31/08/2022£9.9m£9.7m
31/08/2021£9.7m£9.5m

Common questions

Is ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL (LETCHWORTH) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School reported a deficit of £1,259K for the year, primarily due to absorbing VAT costs on fees to support families. Despite this deficit, the School maintains a cash reserve of £1.534 million, which the Governors consider adequate to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL (LETCHWORTH) LIMITED£10.3m——within—no doubt
LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FY2025£7.9m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S THE HALL SCHOOL, LIMITED FY2024£3.4m£110,001 - £120,0002above—no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED FY2025£5.5m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
LANCING COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT WORTHING LIMITED FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025£7.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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