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ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PAUL'S SCHOOL AND ST PAUL'S GIRLS SCHOOL

The principal activity concerns the promotion of education in Greater London for boys and girls.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £33,073,000, with unrestricted funds of £8,967,000. The charity reported a net income for the year of £202,000, driven by investment gains, while total charitable expenditure reached £1,381,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grants to St Paul’s Girls’ School
“Grants to St Paul’s Girls’ School 213,333”
“Administration costs allocated by The Mercers’ Company (note 3) 123,552” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Administration costs allocated by The Mercers’ Company
“Grants to St Paul’s Girls’ School 213,333”
“Administration costs allocated by The Mercers’ Company (note 3) 123,552” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent charged to Bute House Preparatory School for Girls Limited
“Grants to St Paul’s Girls’ School 213,333”
“Administration costs allocated by The Mercers’ Company (note 3) 123,552” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Holy Trinity and St Silas C E Primary School
“Grants to St Paul’s Girls’ School 213,333”
“Administration costs allocated by The Mercers’ Company (note 3) 123,552” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£132k
Reserves (reported)
£9.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~71.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.5m
31/03/2024£963k£859k
31/03/2023£882k£544k
31/03/2022£796k£609k
31/03/2021£996k£3.8m

Common questions

Is ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £33,073,000, with unrestricted funds of £8,967,000. The charity reported a net income for the year of £202,000, driven by investment gains, while total charitable expenditure reached £1,381,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit 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
KUSUMA TRUST UK2£2.1m
GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES (UK)1£2.6m
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£140k
THE MARANDI FOUNDATION1£100k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED1£20k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION1£8k
THE OLDHURST TRUST1£4k
THE CASCIA TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAULINE MEETINGS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAULINE MEETINGS FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL FY2025£48.2m——unclear—no doubt
ST PAUL'S GIRLS' SCHOOL FY2025£29.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE ST. PAUL'S KNIGHTSBRIDGE FOUNDATION FY2024£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE FY2024£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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