ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 312734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education providing day schooling for children aged three years to eleven years of both sexes.

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Latest income

£3.4m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £26,841 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,595,551. The Trustees consider the school to be in a strong financial position and have confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Funding is primarily derived from fees, which account for 99% of income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1 1” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income)

“The principal source of income is fees accounting for 99% of the School’s income.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£3.4m

Total spending

£3.4m

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£2.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER M HOUILLONchair
ALAN MUNDY
Luke Wygas
RUSSLYN STICKLAND
Siva Jothie Pillay
Stephen Welch

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.4m	£3.4m
31/08/2024	£3.3m	£3.4m
31/08/2023	£3.1m	£3.1m
31/08/2022	£2.9m	£2.8m
31/08/2021	£2.9m	£2.6m

Common questions

Is ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £26,841 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,595,551. The Trustees consider the school to be in a strong financial position and have confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Funding is primarily derived from fees, which account for 99% of income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

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
LUBAVITCH EDUCATION TRUST	1	—
THE STOWE SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£12.8m
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£222k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£101k
THE MACDONALD-BUCHANAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE AA TRUST	1	£6k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	1	£5k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED.

ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED income £7.0m
ST BEES SCHOOL income £190k
HILDEN OAKS SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £2.5m
STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED income £53.6m
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
THE ST PETER AND ST PAUL SCHOOL TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST	£3.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025	£7.0m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST BEES SCHOOL FY2025	£190k	—	0	below	—	material uncertainty
HILDEN OAKS SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.5m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£53.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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