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ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED

Registered charity 312999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is the advancement of education by the provision and conduct of the School known as St Christopher's School (Hampstead) and by ancillary or incidental educational activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.

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Latest income
£5.5m
Latest spending
£5.1m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £406,398 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £8,236,681. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £2,246,799, which exceeds the stated policy target of one term's expenditure (£1,578,872). The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,001 - £130,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £120,001 - £130,000” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one term's expenditure (held: £2.2m)
“The school aims to maintain reserves at such a level to cover one term's expenditure as a minimum (using the prior year’s expenditure to set the target), the target for 2025 was £1,578,872” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income
£5.5m
Total spending
£5.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
53

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£5.5m£5.1m
31/08/2024£5.1m£4.7m
31/08/2023£4.6m£4.2m
31/08/2022£4.1m£4.0m
31/08/2021£3.9m£3.6m

Common questions

Is ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £406,398 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £8,236,681. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £2,246,799, which exceeds the stated policy target of one term's expenditure (£1,578,872). The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,001 - £130,000 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PALOMA FOUNDATION1£300k
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD1£66k
THE CROSS TRUST1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED£5.5m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE BROTHERS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION FY2025£3.6m—0above—no doubt
ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL (HARPENDEN) LIMITED FY2025£347k—0above—no doubt
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED FY2024£4.5m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt

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