St Paul's Girls' School

Analysis

St Paul's Girls' School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06142007). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Paul's Girls' School reported income of £29.7m and spending of £29.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21.9m to £29.7m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Paul's Girls' School sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downe House School (£29.6m), Royal Grammar School Guildford (£29.7m) and The London Orphan Asylum (Reed's School) (£29.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 7.8%, trading 3.7% and investments 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £39k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £7.4m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 284 people.