ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 527521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LTD, ELMFIELD SCHOOL, ELMFIELD SCHOOL LIMITED

Provision of Steiner Waldorf education for children aged 3 to 17. Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School is an award-winning school, providing the only real alternative to mainstream education in the region. We offer heavily discounted fees to families on low incomes, as well as a bursary scheme.

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Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £244,589 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,393,688. The trustees' report describes the financial results as satisfactory, noting consistent cost control and increased income from the integration of children with educational challenges. The charity maintains unrestricted funds of £1,595,060, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £250,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fee Income (96% of income)

“Fee Income 2,257,857” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £250,000 (held: £1.6m)

“For many years Council has set a reserves policy which identifies a £250,000 reserve requirement of cash in the bank with a minimum threshold of £100,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £258k

“PENSION LIABILITY 20 - (258,000) (258,000) (486,000)” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£2.1m

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Roger Hamer Paulichair
Rachel Schieber

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£2.4m	£2.1m
31/08/2024	£3.6m	£2.0m
31/08/2023	£1.5m	£2.2m
31/08/2022	£1.7m	£1.8m
31/08/2021	£1.6m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £244,589 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,393,688. The trustees' report describes the financial results as satisfactory, noting consistent cost control and increased income from the integration of children with educational challenges. The charity maintains unrestricted funds of £1,595,060, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £250,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited.

Who funds ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED as a grant recipient include BRISTOL PRIDE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRISTOL PRIDE	FY2025	£1k
BRISTOL PRIDE	FY2024	£500

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
HERMES TRUST	2	£14k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£7k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED.

YORK STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED income £1.5m
RINGWOOD WALDORF SCHOOL income £1.8m
Greenwich Waldorf School Initiative income £2.1m
Waldorf Learning Foundation Limited income £135k
RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL (SOUTH DEVON) LIMITED income £1.9m
NORTH LONDON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL income £203k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED	£2.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YORK STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RINGWOOD WALDORF SCHOOL FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Greenwich Waldorf School Initiative FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	material uncertainty
Waldorf Learning Foundation Limited FY2025	£135k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL (SOUTH DEVON) LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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