SIR WILLIAM PERKINS'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIR WILLIAM PERKIN'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

a. The provision and conduct in or near the area comprised in the Parishes of Chertsey, Thorpe, Egham and Chobham of a School which (i) shall be a School for girls and, if the Governors think fit, for boys; and (ii) shall be a day School or, if the Governors think fit, a day and boarding School; and b. The provision of other educational benefits for girls, boys and young persons.

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Latest income

£12.6m

Latest spending

£12.0m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves amounted to £24,857,096, comprising £24,392,222 in unrestricted funds. The Governors maintain a minimum unrestricted free cash reserve threshold of £1.5 million to ensure adequate liquidity for day-to-day operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (85% of income)

“The principal source of income is fees, accounting for 85% of the School’s income .”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Ms Debbie Picton — 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 31/08/2025)

Total income

£12.6m

Total spending

£12.0m

Cost of raising funds

£170k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

142

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SIR WILLIAM PERKINS'S SCHOOL

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£12.6m	£12.0m
31/08/2024	£12.9m	£11.6m
31/08/2023	£11.8m	£10.3m
31/08/2022	£10.9m	£10.1m
31/08/2021	£10.1m	£9.1m

Common questions

Is SIR WILLIAM PERKINS'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves amounted to £24,857,096, comprising £24,392,222 in unrestricted funds. The Governors maintain a minimum unrestricted free cash reserve threshold of £1.5 million to ensure adequate liquidity for day-to-day operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. 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
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£224k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION.

THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION income £322k
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION income £33.9m
WILLIAM JONES'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £21.1m
DR CHALLONER'S SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £358k
Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund income £565k
CHELTENHAM LADIES COLLEGE income £43.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SIR WILLIAM PERKINS'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	£12.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION FY2025	£322k	—	0	unclear	1.5%	no doubt
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION FY2025	£33.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM JONES'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FY2025	£21.1m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	within	—	no doubt
DR CHALLONER'S SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£358k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund FY2025	£565k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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