ST JOHN'S COLLEGE LIMITED

Registered charity 701294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CARDIFF, ST JOHNS COLLEGE CARDIFF

The school principally provides a high level of education to boys and girls in Cardiff and the surrounding areas from the ages of 3 to 18 years in the context of a recognized Choir School.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £565,358 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to the addition of VAT to school fees and increased pension and insurance costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £7,376,294 and cash reserves of £1,255,441, with the trustees concluding that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Luke Ramsden to lead St John’s College, Cardiff schoolmanagementplus.com · 12/12/2025

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St John's College Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mr Shaun Moody — Headteacher (source)
• Mr John Charles Rees KC — Chair of the Board of Trustees (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)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £330k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — in the top quarter 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN CHARLES REES QCchair
• Anthony Thomas North
• Pamela Jayne Smerald
• Patricia Pavlovic
• Rachel Davies
• SIMON HENRY JAMES
• Stephanie Kate Eden

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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