FELSTED SCHOOL

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Education of young people
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024
Total income:
£30,305,777
Donations and legacies | £88.85k | |
Charitable activities | £26.20m | |
Other trading activities | £3.29m | |
Investments | £621.63k | |
Other | £107.49k |
Total expenditure:
£30,275,972
Raising funds | £344.05k | |
Charitable activities | £27.70m | |
Other | £2.23m |
£104,959 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £2.57m | |
Charitable expenditure | £27.70m | |
Retained for future use | £29.81k |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £2.57m | |
Charitable expenditure | £27.70m | |
Retained for future use | £134.76k |
People

401 Employee(s)
1 Trustee(s)
12 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 26 |
£70k to £80k | 6 |
£80k to £90k | 3 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£100k to £110k | 2 |
£130k to £140k | 1 |
£150k to £200k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Children/young People
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
- Essex
Governance
No other names
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
- 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
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
1 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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FELSTED SCHOOL TRUSTEE LTD | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | 31/08/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £23.07m | £23.74m | £27.04m | £28.61m | £30.31m | |
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Total expenditure | £23.83m | £22.77m | £25.84m | £27.86m | £30.28m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | £624.42k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £1.58m | £624.42k | £780 | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £1.82m | £777.93k | £112.02k | £110.16k | £88.85k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £395.70k | £332.62k | £488.14k | £469.54k | £3.29m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £20.74m | £22.56m | £26.34m | £27.73m | £26.20m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £108.51k | £69.28k | £92.74k | £308.69k | £621.63k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £107.49k | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £22.54m | £21.76m | £24.04m | £25.68m | £27.70m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £163.79k | £57.01k | £187.16k | £273.63k | £344.05k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £27.15k | £27.27k | £28.67k | £30.96k | £41.53k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £1.13m | £948.31k | £1.61m | £1.91m | £2.23m |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | 31/08/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £41.17m | £42.41m | £45.65m | £44.94m | £44.63m | |
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Long-term investments | £1.19m | £1.39m | £1.33m | £1.30m | £1.41m | |
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Other assets | £8.60m | £8.43m | £7.07m | £9.29m | £16.37m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | -£94.74k | -£68.13k | -£1.19k | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £8.67m | £8.79m | £9.54m | £10.31m | £17.14m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 August 2024 | 24 May 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2024 | 24 May 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 August 2023 | 27 June 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | 27 June 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 22 May 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 22 May 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 30 May 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 30 May 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 August 2020 | 30 March 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2020 | 30 March 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
SCHEME DATED 25 JUN 1998 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 06 JUN 2011 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 03 JAN 2014 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17 OCT 2018
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL (“THE SCHOOL”) FOR BOYS AND GIRLS; (2) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE, IF THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT, OF NURSERY, PRE-SCHOOL, PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL; AND (3) THE CONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL OF SUCH ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT.
Area of benefit
ESSEX
Linked charities
- BICKERSTETH DIVINITY PRIZE
- BRAMSTON PRIZE
- COLONEL NILS MOLLER BEQUEST
- COURTALDS CLASSICS SCHOLARSHIP
- COURTAULD BURSARIES FOR THE SONS OF THE CLERGY
- COURTAULD PRIZE
- COURTAULD SCHOLARSHIP NUMBER ONE
- COURTAULD SCHOLARSHIP NUMBER TWO
- FELSTED SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND
- GOLD GEOGRAPHY PRIZE
- HENRY REEKIE PRIZE
- ISAAC BARROW PRIZE
- JOHN ALLEN CUP OR PRIZE
- JOHN CRITTALL MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND
- MICHAEL MANN SPANISH PRIZE
- PAGE READING PRIZES
- PHILIPPS OLD FELSTEDIAN FUND
- R W E RUDDOCK BEQUEST
- RAYLEIGH PRIZE
- REVEREND EDWARD GEPP BEQUEST
- RIDLEY PRIZE
- RIDLEY SCHOLARSHIP
- ROBERTS PRIZE
- ROSS-ON-WYE PRIZE
- ROUND PRIZE FUND
- ROUND SCHOLARSHIP
- TABOR BENEFACTION
- TERENCE GREENALL DIVINITY PRIZES
- THE DUDLEY PALMER MEMORIAL PRIZE
- THE GOLD NATURAL HISTORY PRIZE
- THE MATHEWS TRUST
- THE OLD FELSTEDIAN SOCIETY BENEFACTION
- THOMAS COOPER PRIZE
- TRAILL PRIZE
- WILLIAM HUNT BURSARY FUND
- 10 April 1962 : Standard registration
- 26 April 2010 : Removed
- 26 April 2010 : Asset transfer out
Contact information
- Address:
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Felsted School
Felsted
Dunmow
CM6 3LL
- Phone:
- 01371822621
- Email:
- bursar@felsted.org
- Website:
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