ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (WOODHALL SPA) LIMITED

Registered charity 527611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RUNNING OF A CO EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL RECEPTION TO 13YRS INCLUDING BOARDING FACILITIES

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Latest income

£3.0m

Latest spending

£2.8m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity produced a surplus of £143,670 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds standing at £1,565,181. The trustees consider that free reserves of three months’ expenditure would be ideal, but currently, excluding land and buildings, the reserves are below this target level. The financial position is considered sufficient to continue meeting objectives for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (76% of income)

“School fees receivable 2,263,276 - 2,263,276 2,141,370” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.6m; policy: three months’ expenditure)

“At present excluding the charity's land and buildings would leave the schools reserves below this level.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wright Vigar Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Hugh's School (Woodhall Spa) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mr J Wyld — Head (source)
Mr R Goodhand — Deputy Head (Academic & Operations) (source)
Mrs N Wallis — Deputy Head (Pastoral & Staff) (source)
Mr I Tyler — Chair of Governors (source)

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

£3.0m

Total spending

£2.8m

Cost of raising funds

£34k

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ian Tylerchair
Alison Claire Joyce
Andrew Mansergh
James Conduit
Julia Clare Vincent
Kathryn Pinder

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.0m	£2.8m
31/08/2024	£2.7m	£2.6m
31/08/2023	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/08/2022	£2.3m	£2.4m
31/08/2021	£2.0m	£2.0m

Common questions

Is ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (WOODHALL SPA) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity produced a surplus of £143,670 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds standing at £1,565,181. The trustees consider that free reserves of three months’ expenditure would be ideal, but currently, excluding land and buildings, the reserves are below this target level. The financial position is considered sufficient to continue meeting objectives for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wright Vigar Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST RONAN'S SCHOOL (HAWKHURST).

ST RONAN'S SCHOOL (HAWKHURST) income £8.0m
ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (CARSWELL) TRUST LIMITED income £7.5m
ST BEES SCHOOL income £190k
ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST income £3.4m
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST income £7.8m
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED income £7.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (WOODHALL SPA) LIMITED	£3.0m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ST RONAN'S SCHOOL (HAWKHURST) FY2025	£8.0m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (CARSWELL) TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£7.5m	£140,001 - £150,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST BEES SCHOOL FY2025	£190k	—	0	below	—	material uncertainty
ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£7.8m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	below	—	no doubt

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