St Mary's School (Colchester) Limited

Analysis

St Mary's School (Colchester) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 1970, 56 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 00988976). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Mary's School (Colchester) Limited reported income of £7.0m and spending of £6.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.3m to £7.0m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 (Colchester) Limited 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 Moulsford Preparatory School Trust Limited (£7.0m), St David's College Trust (£7.0m) and Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge (£7.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £698k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 106 people.