The King's School Worcester Charitable Trust

Registered charity 527530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KING'S SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT TRUST, THE KING'S SCHOOL WORCESTER DEVELOPMENT TRUST

The primary activity of the charity is to provide financial support to the charitable purposes of The King's School Worcester. It aims to do so mainly through the generation of funds from which significant bursary grants may be made to enable pupils to attend the School whose families would otherwise be unable to affords for them to do so.

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Latest income

£494k

Latest spending

£360k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £5,927,070, with unrestricted reserves of £38,523. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are in excess of their stated policy target, which is deemed appropriate at this time. The charity generated a net surplus of £482,161 for the year, supported by significant investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the on-going expenses and non-bursary charitable funding intentions of the Trust for the next 12 months together with a further sum representing the approximate renewal cost of the Trust’s existing bursary funding commitments for the next three academic years (held: £39k)

“Based on current levels of expenditure the Trustees recognise that unrestricted reserves held by the Trust are in excess of this policy but feel that this is appropriate at this time and will review the reserves policy in due course.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations totalling £27,438 (2024: £27,438) were made to the Trust by 2 Trustees (2024:2). These donations are to material restricted funds that include donations from multiple different indivduals and the trustees’ contributions represent a minority of the total restricted funding received.

“Donations totalling £27,438 (2024: £27,438) were made to the Trust by 2 Trustees (2024:2). These donations are to material restricted funds that include donations from multiple different indivduals and the trustees’ contributions represent a minority of the total restricted funding received.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The King's School Worcester Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2022)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£352k

Cost of raising funds

£38k

Reserves (reported)

£36k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas William Clarkchair
DAVID LAURENCE GREEN
DONALD TREVOR HOWELL
HUGH BAMPFIELD CARSLAKE · trustee of 5 other charities
Hannah Edwards
John Foley
John Francis Attwater · trustee of 5 other charities
Thomas Dupernex
Timothy Rupert Brock · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£494k	£360k
31/07/2024	£248k	£308k
31/07/2023	£205k	£348k
31/07/2022	£1.5m	£352k
31/07/2021	£370k	£242k

Common questions

Is The King's School Worcester Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £5,927,070, with unrestricted reserves of £38,523. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are in excess of their stated policy target, which is deemed appropriate at this time. The charity generated a net surplus of £482,161 for the year, supported by significant investment gains. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited.

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
THE BELLASIS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KING'S SCHOOL WORCESTER.

THE KING'S SCHOOL WORCESTER income £20.8m
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £925k
EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £868k
KING'S SCHOOL income £17.8m
THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED income £322k
Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund income £565k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The King's School Worcester Charitable Trust	£494k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE KING'S SCHOOL WORCESTER FY2025	£20.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£925k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£868k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
KING'S SCHOOL FY2025	£17.8m	£200,001 - £210,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£322k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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