LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 510809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Provision of education

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Latest income
£235.7m
Latest spending
£23.2m
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust recorded a surplus of £378,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £18,175,685. The Trustees confirm the Trust is a going concern, citing adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £190,001 - £200,000 — above the median for charities its size (£180k)
“£190,001 - £200,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £2m (cash balances) (held: £18.2m)
“The Trust has a reserves policy such that the Trust aims to hold a minimum of £2m (cash balances) at all times” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith 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

LGS ENTERPRISES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £323k
  • Profit before tax: £82k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £60k
  • Cost recharges of £68,412; loan interest charged of £15,046; outstanding loan balance of £111,478.
“In addition, donations of £59,640 (2024: £94,877) were paid to the Leicester Grammar School Trust from the profits generated by the company during the year.”

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.

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 (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (968 likes) · instagram (1,078 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£23.6m
Total spending
£23.2m
Reserves (reported)
£19.2m
Employees
309

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£235.7m£23.2m
31/07/2024£23.5m£22.3m
31/07/2023£21.4m£19.8m
31/07/2022£19.4m£18.2m
31/07/2021£18.2m£17.1m

Common questions

Is LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust recorded a surplus of £378,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £18,175,685. The Trustees confirm the Trust is a going concern, citing adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £190,001 - £200,000 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 Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£58k
KEREN TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST£235.7m£190,001 - £200,000—unclear—no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£7.2m——below—no doubt
THE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£3.1m—0above—not going concern
LEICESTER ISLAMIC ACADEMY FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—material uncertainty
WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£11.6m——unclear—no doubt

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