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ST PETER'S COLLEGE (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL)

Registered charity 312728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Westminster School is a public boarding school for young persons. The aims encompass this object and have been extended over a number of years to accommodate day pupils and girls. It now educates children from 7 through to 18 and aims to widen access as much as possible. It also aims to provide excellence in sporting and extra-curricular activities, notably artistic, musical and social skills.

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Latest income
£46.1m
Latest spending
£44.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,467k for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by significant donations and investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £93.6m, with a specific general reserve target of £6.3m, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability despite operational losses from fee concessions and inflationary pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Claire Oulton, a governor, works for RSAcademics which provided services worth £23,546, and her husband owns Gresham Books which supplied books worth £880.
“Claire Oulton, works for RSAcademics, which provided an alumni survey and a recruitment service to the School to the total value of £23,546 for the year. Also her husband owns Gresham Books, which supplied books to the School of £880 in value.”
“During the year the School reimbursed HWSF costs of a shared trip to the Lake district of £1,560.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The School reimbursed Harris Westminster Sixth Form (HWSF) £1,560 for a shared trip; two governors are also governors of HWSF.
“Claire Oulton, works for RSAcademics, which provided an alumni survey and a recruitment service to the School to the total value of £23,546 for the year. Also her husband owns Gresham Books, which supplied books to the School of £880 in value.”
“During the year the School reimbursed HWSF costs of a shared trip to the Lake district of £1,560.”
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

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 30/06/2025)

Total income
£46.1m
Total spending
£44.3m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£93.6m
Employees
375

Reported reserves equal ~25.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.3% 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: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£46.1m£44.3m
30/06/2024£42.5m£42.6m
30/06/2023£41.0m£39.4m
30/06/2022£34.5m£35.9m
30/06/2021£31.5m£33.7m

Common questions

Is ST PETER'S COLLEGE (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,467k for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by significant donations and investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £93.6m, with a specific general reserve target of £6.3m, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability despite operational losses from fee concessions and inflationary pressures. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION1£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST PETER'S COLLEGE (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL)£46.1m——unclear—no doubt
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY FUND FY2025£414k—0unclear—no doubt
CHELTENHAM LADIES COLLEGE FY2025£43.5m——unclear—no doubt
BUTE HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS LIMITED FY2025£8.7m£130,000 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL CIO FY2025£43.8m——above—no doubt
PORT REGIS SCHOOL LTD FY2025£8.6m——unclear—no doubt

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