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St Hugh's School (Carswell) Trust Limited

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 309640FaringdonEducation and training
Income£7.5m2025-08-31
Spending£7.7msame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctEducation and training
Registered1967Charitable company
Employees126latest return

Analysis

St Hugh's School (Carswell) Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Faringdon. It was registered in October 1967, 59 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 00913833). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Hugh's School (Carswell) Trust Limited reported income of £7.5m and spending of £7.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6.4m to £7.5m (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Hugh's School (Carswell) Trust 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 Cumnor House School Trust (£7.5m), Brown University Charitable Trust (£7.5m) and St Catherine's School, Twickenham (£7.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and trading 6.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. It employed 126 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£1.9m£3.8m£5.8m£7.7m2021 Income: £6,371,4992021 Spending: £6,217,71320212022 Income: £6,625,5082022 Spending: £6,973,80120222023 Income: £6,800,5822023 Spending: £7,045,29520232024 Income: £7,409,4612024 Spending: £7,533,35520242025 Income: £7,496,1722025 Spending: £7,680,7542025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Charitable activities 94%
  • Trading 6.1%
  • Investments 0.3%

In the charity's own words

The provision of co-educational boarding and day school for children aged 3 years to 13 years

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Cumnor House School TrustHaywards Heath£7.5m
Brown University Charitable TrustLondon£7.5m
St Catherine's School, TwickenhamTwickenham£7.5m
St Nicholas School (Harlow) LimitedHarlow£7.6m