BRANWOOD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 515073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Independent preparatory school providing education to children of both sexes from the age of 3 through to 11.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO CONDUCT CARRY ON ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EITHER SEX OR BOTH SEXES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £190,100 for the year, primarily due to the introduction of VAT on private school fees. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations 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: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: School fees (90% of income)

“School fees 1,321,410” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one term's budgeted expenditure (held: £614k)

“It is the policy of the charitable company that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to a minimum of one term's budgeted expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Consultancy services to Trustee Mr M Fletcher

“During the year the charity made payments in respect of consultancy services of £14,400 (2024: £1 4,400) to Mr M Fletcher. This was in relation to additional services provided to the charity in his role as a Trustee.” — page 30

“During the year the charity also made payments in respect of maintenance costs of £26,570 (2024: £1,140) to Seddon Construction Limited of which Mr J Seddon (Trustee) is a Director.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Maintenance costs to Seddon Construction Limited (Director Mr J Seddon)

“During the year the charity made payments in respect of consultancy services of £14,400 (2024: £1 4,400) to Mr M Fletcher. This was in relation to additional services provided to the charity in his role as a Trustee.” — page 30

“During the year the charity also made payments in respect of maintenance costs of £26,570 (2024: £1,140) to Seddon Construction Limited of which Mr J Seddon (Trustee) is a Director.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barlow Andrews LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,000 - £69,999 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £265k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.7m

Reserves (reported)

£2.0m

Employees

32

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter 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

MARK NICHOLAS FLETCHERchair
DANIEL MARK TAYLOR
JOANNE EVA WILCOX
Jonathan Seddon
Mark Foster
TERENCE STANLEY CRAMANT

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.5m	£1.7m
31/08/2024	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/08/2023	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/08/2022	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/08/2021	£1.2m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is BRANWOOD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £190,100 for the year, primarily due to the introduction of VAT on private school fees. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barlow Andrews LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRANWOOD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED 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
FRANCIS BANCROFT'S TRUST	1	£650k
VISCOUNT AMORY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£230k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£220k
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£124k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRANSTON PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE.

BRANSTON PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE income £176k
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL CIO income £43.8m
NORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL LIMITED income £3.0m
THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY income £165k
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL income £45.5m
NEWBRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRANWOOD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED	£1.5m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRANSTON PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE FY2025	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL CIO FY2025	£43.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY FY2025	£165k	—	0	below	45.2%	no doubt
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FY2025	£45.5m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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