St Mary's School Cambridge

Analysis

St Mary's School Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 1984, 42 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 01840431). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Mary's School Cambridge reported income of £13.3m and spending of £13.8m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11.2m to £13.3m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Mary's School Cambridge sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Princeton Charitable Foundation Limited (£13.2m), Cokethorpe Educational Trust Limited (£13.4m) and St Edmund's School Canterbury (£13.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3,549. Reserves of £17.4m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 160 people.