St Columba's School Ltd

Scottish charity SC012598 · record on the Scottish Charity Register (OSCR) · accounts PDF · all Scottish charities

Latest income
£8.4m
Latest spending
£8.9m
Accounts read
FY2025
Form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Website: www.st-columbas.org

Financial health, per FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £474,370 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £8,442,776. The trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to a likely breach of banking covenants, although they maintain that the school can meet its obligations as they fall due.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000
“One employee (2024 - one) received emolumentats of between £110,0001 and £120,000.” — page 23
Per FY2025 accounts as filed with OSCR.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“Trustees acknowledge the matter described above results in the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group and School's ability to continue to operate as a going concern” — page 18
Per FY2025 accounts as filed with OSCR.
Employees paid over £60,000: 12
“Seven employee (2024 - seven) received emoluments of between £60,000 and £70,000. Three employees (2024 - three) received emoluments of between £70,001 and £80,000. One empployee (2024 - one) received emoluments of between £80,000 and £90,000. One employee (2024 - one) received emolumentats of between £110,0001 and £120,000.” — page 23
Per FY2025 accounts as filed with OSCR.
Reserves policy: three and six months of operating expenditure (held: £8.0m)
“observing the School’s policy to maintain cash reserves equivalent to between three and six months of operating expenditure.” — page 9
Per FY2025 accounts as filed with OSCR.
Independent examiner: BDO LLP
Per FY2025 accounts as filed with OSCR.
Register data and accounts from the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), used under the Open Government Licence. Automated analysis; the filed accounts are authoritative.