The Ursuline Preparatory School

Analysis

The Ursuline Preparatory School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ursuline Preparatory School reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.4m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ursuline Preparatory School sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Economic Society (£2.4m), Leehurst Swan Limited (£2.4m) and Pause Creating Space for Change (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.