St Paul's School

Analysis

St Paul's 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 06141973). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Paul's School reported income of £48.2m and spending of £50.8m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £38.8m to £48.2m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 School sits at the 100th 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 Birmingham Newman University (£47.7m), Caterham School (£48.8m) and St Peter's College, Radley (£47.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, investments 4.7% and donations and legacies 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £411k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. It employed 342 people.