PRIORY SCHOOL EDGBASTON TRUSTEES LIMITED

Registered charity 518009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLY CHILD SCHOOL EDGBASTON TRUSTEES LIMITED, PRIORY SCHOOL EDGBASTON

Education of children

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Latest income
£4.8m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £224,644 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in free reserves of £71,640, which are below the stated policy target of approximately £541,000. Per the trustees' report, the school is preparing on a going concern basis but acknowledges a material uncertainty regarding its financial viability due to reduced pupil numbers and cash flow risks. The trustees are actively seeking to improve pupil numbers and reduce costs to restore financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £150,001 - £160,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £150,001 - £160,000 1” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately £541k (held: £72k)
“The target level of free resources on this basis is approximately £541k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £39800.0m
“The Valuation Report shows notional assets of £222.2bn and liabilities of £262bn, resulting in a scheme deficit of £39.8bn.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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
£4.8m
Total spending
£5.0m
Reserves (reported)
£860k
Employees
100

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.8m£5.0m
31/08/2024£4.9m£5.3m
31/08/2023£4.8m£4.7m
31/08/2022£4.5m£4.5m
31/08/2021£4.4m£4.6m

Common questions

Is PRIORY SCHOOL EDGBASTON TRUSTEES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £224,644 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in free reserves of £71,640, which are below the stated policy target of approximately £541,000. Per the trustees' report, the school is preparing on a going concern basis but acknowledges a material uncertainty regarding its financial viability due to reduced pupil numbers and cash flow risks. The trustees are actively seeking to improve pupil numbers and reduce costs to restore financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PRIORY SCHOOL EDGBASTON TRUSTEES LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £150,001 - £160,000 band.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRIOR'S FIELD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PRIORY SCHOOL EDGBASTON TRUSTEES LIMITED£4.8m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
THE PRIOR'S FIELD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.7m——below—no doubt
ST DOMINIC'S PRIORY SCHOOL (STONE) FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
PREP SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025£30.6m—15below—not going concern
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD FY2025£400k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIOR PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£21.7m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt

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