STORMONT SCHOOL

Registered charity 311079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

Stormont School is a day preparatory school for girls aged 4 - 11.

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Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £12,882 for the year ended 31 August 2023, returning to profitability after a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that unrestricted funds total £3,135,275, with a designated School Buildings Fund of £2,492,473, while noting that reserves will fluctuate during periods of substantial investment. The financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern due to an impending merger with St Albans High School for Girls.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 8%-10% of total income (held: £3.1m)

“The School continues to have the ambition of achieving an annual surplus of 8%-10% of its total income” — page 9

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in note 1(l).” — page 12

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The School received £Nil (2022: £1,390) from the Stormont Parents' Association, which is a separately constituted organisation run by parents, in support of various activities at the School.

“The School received £Nil (2022: £1,390) from the Stormont Parents' Association, which is a separately constituted organisation run by parents, in support of various activities at the School.” — page 30

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haysmacintyre LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2022) → not a going concern (FY2023).

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2023 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Miss Louise Martin — Head (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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£2.1m

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~14.2 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 (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW JAMES NEWLAND
Gary Mahoney
Henrietta Celia Hodgkiss

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	—	—
31/08/2024	—	—
31/08/2023	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/08/2022	£1.9m	£2.0m
31/08/2021	£2.1m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is STORMONT SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £12,882 for the year ended 31 August 2023, returning to profitability after a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that unrestricted funds total £3,135,275, with a designated School Buildings Fund of £2,492,473, while noting that reserves will fluctuate during periods of substantial investment. The financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern due to an impending merger with St Albans High School for Girls. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Haysmacintyre LLP.

Charities like this

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

ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £17.3m
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £3.5m
ST.PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK income £27.7m
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD income £4.5m
ST DOMINIC'S PRIORY SCHOOL (STONE) income £3.1m
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STORMONT SCHOOL	£2.1m	—	—	above	—	not going concern
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£17.3m	£230,000 - £240,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£3.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST.PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK FY2025	£27.7m	—	15	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, HAMPSTEAD FY2025	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST DOMINIC'S PRIORY SCHOOL (STONE) FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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