THE ST PETER AND ST PAUL SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 516113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PETER & ST PAUL SCHOOL

Independent education for children aged 4 to 11. Some bursaries are available for pupils attending St Peter & St Paul School.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £131,628 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £834,345. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing healthy cashflow forecasts and 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)
“One employee’s total emoluments exceeded £60,000 in the year to 31 August 2025, (which fell within the earnings bracket £70,000 - £80,000).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee’s total emoluments exceeded £60,000 in the year to 31 August 2025, (which fell within the earnings bracket £70,000 - £80,000). One employee’s total emoluments exceeded £60,000 in the year to 31 August 2024, (which fell within the earnings bracket £60,000 - £70,000).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fees charged to trustees for their children
“During the year four trustees (2024: four trustees) had a total of four children (2024: four children) attending the school. Their fees were charged on the same basis available to any other children attending the school. The total fees charged to trustees were £50,853 (2024: £42,128). No bursaries were made available for children of trustees (2024: none). The senior management team had a total of two children (2024: two children) attending the school. The total fees charged to the senior management team were £12,086 (2024: £11,268), of which £11,507 was for school fees (2024: £10,541) and £579 of other income (2024: £727). Discounts on school fees provided to the senior management team during the year totalled £11,507 (2024: £10,841). These discounts are in line with school policy. During the year the school purchased services totalling £179 (2024: £2,815) from W G Pollard Limited, a company of which Mr P Pollard is a director.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Harris & Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£834k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.5m£1.3m
31/08/2024£1.3m£1.4m
31/08/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/08/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/08/2021£1.1m£928k

Common questions

Is THE ST PETER AND ST PAUL SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £131,628 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £834,345. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing healthy cashflow forecasts and adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harris & Co Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE ST PETER AND ST PAUL SCHOOL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST.PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ST PETER AND ST PAUL SCHOOL TRUST£1.5m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
ST.PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK FY2025£27.7m—15unclear—no doubt
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD FY2025£400k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST MARY'S AND ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£255k—0unclear—no doubt
ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE LTD FY2025£569k—0unclear—no doubt

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