THE PRIOR'S FIELD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 312038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRIORS FIELD

Day and boarding school for girls aged 11 - 18

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Latest income

£7.7m

Latest spending

£8.0m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £262,243 for the year, with total reserves standing at £11,108,645. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11.1m; policy: no free reserves (general funds less those held in tangible fixed assets))

“All surpluses are retained for reinvestment in the school and therefore the group currently has no free reserves” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Prior’s Field Enterprises Limited

“The school has one trading subsidiary, Prior’s Field Enterprises. The subsidiary was dormant throughout the year” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hays Mac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£7.7m

Total spending

£8.0m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

126

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alix Chan
Andrew James McLean
David Clifford
Hazel Elizabeth Morris
Lisa Marie Ashe
Madeleine James
Mary Taylor
Ros Kamaryc

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£7.7m	£8.0m
31/07/2024	£8.5m	£8.8m
31/07/2023	£9.2m	£9.0m
31/07/2022	£8.9m	£8.6m
31/07/2021	£8.1m	£8.0m

Common questions

Is THE PRIOR'S FIELD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £262,243 for the year, with total reserves standing at £11,108,645. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hays Mac 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
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£556k
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT	1	£165k
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£66k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE FARRINGDON HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	1	£9k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST income £7.8m
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD income £15.4m
PRIOR PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £21.7m
HIGHFIELD PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED income £2.3m
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION income £160k
MAYFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRAVESEND income £488k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PRIOR'S FIELD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED	£7.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£7.8m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	below	—	no doubt
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£15.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRIOR PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£21.7m	£170,001 - £180,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGHFIELD PRIORY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£2.3m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION FY2025	£160k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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