St Michael's School (Leigh-On-Sea) Limited

Analysis

St Michael's School (Leigh-On-Sea) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leigh-On-Sea. It was registered in December 1980, 46 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 01489366). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Michael's School (Leigh-On-Sea) Limited reported income of £288.8m and spending of £3.0m, leaving 99% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £288.8m (+11028%), an average of +225% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 9657%. Over the whole period it spent 4.8% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Michael's School (Leigh-On-Sea) Limited 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 Citb (£280.2m), Swansea University (£325.6m) and Aqa Education (£280.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £497k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 83 people.