ST CATHERINE'S BRITISH SCHOOL

Registered charity 313909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST CATHERINE'S BRITISH EMBASSY SCHOOL

Teaching & learning for British & foreign expatriate children and local Greek children. Providing national curriculum of England & Wales, IGCSE & I.B. Diploma programmes to children aged 3-18. Providing professional development for teachers & administrators. Providing bursaries, and assistance to a range of families, charitable donations to various individuals and organisations in need.

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Latest income
£17.2m
Latest spending
£16.9m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at €28,880,104, which the directors consider sufficient to ensure the going concern assumption is appropriate, noting an ideal level of 1 to 2 years' expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of €355,864 for the year, with total incoming resources of €19,900,985 primarily driven by student fees. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 1 to 2 years’ expenditure (held: £28.9m)
“The directors consider that the ideal level of reserves would be between 1 to 2 years’ expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

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

Total income
£17.2m
Total spending
£16.9m
Reserves (reported)
£25.0m
Employees
312

Reported reserves equal ~17.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greece

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£17.2m£16.9m
31/08/2024£16.4m£15.8m
31/08/2023£15.3m£14.9m
31/08/2022£13.7m£13.2m
31/08/2021£12.8m£11.4m

Common questions

Is ST CATHERINE'S BRITISH SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at €28,880,104, which the directors consider sufficient to ensure the going concern assumption is appropriate, noting an ideal level of 1 to 2 years' expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of €355,864 for the year, with total incoming resources of €19,900,985 primarily driven by student fees. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins 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
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 UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST CATHERINE'S BRITISH SCHOOL£17.2m—0above—no doubt
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL, TWICKENHAM FY2025£7.5m£150,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt
LA SCUOLA ITALIANA A LONDRA FY2025£2.7m£100,001 - £110,0002unclear—no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL BRAMLEY FY2025£20.6m£240,001 - £250,000—below—no doubt

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