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THE SCHOOLS OF KING EDWARD VI IN BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 529051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The education of boys and girls from Birmingham and surrounding areas through the schools or otherwise

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£32.2m
Latest spending
£34.8m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation reported a net operating deficit of £2.6 million for the year ended August 2025, resulting in a net movement in funds surplus of £1.4 million after investment gains. Per the trustees' report, the Foundation maintains a strong balance sheet with total funds of £188.3 million and sufficient liquidity to meet operational needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3.5% of the endowment's value (held: £174.8m)
“The Foundation has established a target annual expenditure rate of no more than 3.5% of the endowment’s value.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Chief Master and Principal is a trustee of The King Edward’s School Birmingham Trust... £0.4m (2024: £0.5m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.
“The Chief Master and Principal is a trustee of The King Edward’s School Birmingham Trust (Charity no: 1129776). The Trust provides King Edward’s School with funding for Assisted Places. £0.4m (2024: £0.5m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.” — page 77
“The Chief Master and Principal is also a trustee of The King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham Trust (Charity no: 1159413). The Trust was set up during 2014/15 to provide King Edward VI High School for Girls with funding for Assisted Places. £0.3m (2024: £0.3m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Chief Master and Principal is also a trustee of The King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham Trust... £0.3m (2024: £0.3m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.
“The Chief Master and Principal is a trustee of The King Edward’s School Birmingham Trust (Charity no: 1129776). The Trust provides King Edward’s School with funding for Assisted Places. £0.4m (2024: £0.5m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.” — page 77
“The Chief Master and Principal is also a trustee of The King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham Trust (Charity no: 1159413). The Trust was set up during 2014/15 to provide King Edward VI High School for Girls with funding for Assisted Places. £0.3m (2024: £0.3m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ms E Conway is Chief Financial Officer of the University of Birmingham. During the year £2,019 (2024: £20,577) was paid to the organisation and £19,851 (2024: £20,167) lease rentals were invoiced to the organisation.
“The Chief Master and Principal is a trustee of The King Edward’s School Birmingham Trust (Charity no: 1129776). The Trust provides King Edward’s School with funding for Assisted Places. £0.4m (2024: £0.5m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.” — page 77
“The Chief Master and Principal is also a trustee of The King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham Trust (Charity no: 1159413). The Trust was set up during 2014/15 to provide King Edward VI High School for Girls with funding for Assisted Places. £0.3m (2024: £0.3m) was paid to cover Assisted Places supported by the Trust.” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £1.3m
“The FRS 102 pension report for the Defined Benefit Scheme indicated a reduction in the pension liability from £2.1m to £1.3m.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 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.

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

Total income
£32.2m
Total spending
£34.8m
Cost of raising funds
£773k
Reserves (reported)
£188.3m
Employees
453

Reported reserves equal ~65.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (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£32.2m£34.8m
31/08/2024£31.1m£33.4m
31/08/2023£28.2m£30.2m
31/08/2022£24.6m£27.3m
31/08/2021£22.0m£26.6m

Common questions

Is THE SCHOOLS OF KING EDWARD VI IN BIRMINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation reported a net operating deficit of £2.6 million for the year ended August 2025, resulting in a net movement in funds surplus of £1.4 million after investment gains. Per the trustees' report, the Foundation maintains a strong balance sheet with total funds of £188.3 million and sufficient liquidity to meet operational needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST1£8.1m
THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£454k
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION1£173k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION1£25k
MILLENNIUM POINT TRUST1£10k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST1£3k
United by 2022 Charity1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SCHOOLS OF KING EDWARD VI IN BIRMINGHAM£32.2m——unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025£2.3m——above—no doubt
THE KING EDWARD VI HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS BIRMINGHAM TRUST FY2024£333k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM TRUST FY2024£808k—0unclear—no doubt
KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON FY2025£27.2m——above—no doubt
WELLINGTON SCHOOL 1837 FY2025£18.3m——below—no doubt

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