ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE

Registered charity 311073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operates Independent Prep and Senior Schools

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Latest income
£18.7m
Latest spending
£18.6m
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £45,901 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant decrease from the prior year's £834,722. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, citing adequate resources and reserves of £5.3m against a policy target of three months of planned expenditure (£4.8m).

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Old Hall Enterprises Ltd
“The College has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Old Hall Enterprises Ltd registered in England and Wales, company number 01889064.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

OLD HALL ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £552k
  • Profit before tax: £45k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £45k
  • Amounts owed by group undertakings 63,374
“Distributions to parent charity under gift aid”

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income
£18.7m
Total spending
£18.6m
Cost of raising funds
£241k
Reserves (reported)
£11.9m
Employees
310

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 1.3% 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£18.7m£18.6m
31/08/2024£19.6m£18.8m
31/08/2023£18.3m£19.8m
31/08/2022£17.3m£15.7m
31/08/2021£14.4m£13.4m

Common questions

Is ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £45,901 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant decrease from the prior year's £834,722. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, citing adequate resources and reserves of £5.3m against a policy target of three months of planned expenditure (£4.8m). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST EDMUND'S COLLEGE£18.7m——unclear—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
CHELTENHAM LADIES COLLEGE FY2025£43.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD FY2025£59.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL (HARLOW) LIMITED FY2025£7.6m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt

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