STEEPHILL SCHOOL

Registered charity 803152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide the education of children aged from 3 until the summer term following their eleventh birthday. To promote and provide for the advancement of education of children of either sex. To provide excellent formal education in a happy atmosphere as well as teaching the children to become caring and responsible members of society.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN) AND IN CONNECTION HEREWITH TO CARRY ON, ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE COUNTY OF KENT ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EITHER SEX OR BOTH SEXES.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF KENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is financially stable with sufficient funds to cover all obligations, holding unrestricted reserves of £1,236,899. The trustees report that the school's financial position remains healthy despite challenges such as the imposition of VAT on fees, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received emoluments (excluding employer's pension and employer's National Insurance) in excess of £60,000.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received emoluments (excluding employer's pension and employer's National Insurance) in excess of £60,000.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two terms costs (held: £1.2m)

“The Governors aim to hold two terms costs in reserves and consider that level to be adequate for the present time” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Carleys. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs Helen Millward — Headteacher (source)
Mrs Claire Ross — Deputy Headteacher (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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 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 (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MARTIN RICHARD LEVYchair
Bhawna Hindocha
DOREEN ELIZABETH PAGE
Dr Kristopher Page PhD
Hazel Thurgood
JENNIFER SMITH-SPARK BAHonsPGCE
Peter Bramall
SANDRA MAY SCOTTING MBE

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/08/2024	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/08/2023	£1.4m	£1.2m
31/08/2022	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/08/2021	£1.2m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is STEEPHILL SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is financially stable with sufficient funds to cover all obligations, holding unrestricted reserves of £1,236,899. The trustees report that the school's financial position remains healthy despite challenges such as the imposition of VAT on fees, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Carleys.

What does the highest-paid employee of STEEPHILL SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
HERMES TRUST	1	£5k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GODSTOWE PREPARATORY SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED.

THE GODSTOWE PREPARATORY SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED income £8.3m
ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.4m
ST PHILIP'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £2.0m
YORK STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED income £1.5m
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL income £41.1m
THE STELLA MARIS SCHOOL income £311k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STEEPHILL SCHOOL	£1.2m	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE GODSTOWE PREPARATORY SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2024	£8.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£7.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PHILIP'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YORK STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL FY2025	£41.1m	£210,000 - £220,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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