01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received Late
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 31 July 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11751009
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £9,572,838
- Latest expenditure
- £10,113,665
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: DOWNSIDE SCHOOL, STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE, RADSTOCK, BA3 4RJ
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.downside.co.uk/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Secondary education
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £9,572,838
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,113,665
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £13,379,834
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,161,692
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £11,538,345
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,483,485
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,096,950
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,730,305
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,388,067
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,563,179
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £9,572,838
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,113,665
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 5
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £13,379,834
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,161,692
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 5
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £11,538,345
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,483,485
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 7
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,096,950
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,730,305
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,388,067
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,563,179
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £97,852
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 585444
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 206777
- Income Charitable Activities
- 8266133
- Income Investments
- 48453
- Income Other
- 466031
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 9572838
- Income Legacies
- 20216
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £157,837
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £9,955,828
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 10113665
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 77359
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2404930
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 273744
- Gain Loss Investment
- -2040
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2084162
- Assets Own Use
- 1975562
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 108600
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,063,225
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,875,437
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£728,050
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 4805626
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 69811
- Assets Cash
- £552,594
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -846672
- Funds Restricted
- 118622
- Funds Total
- -728050
- Count Employees
- 185
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3166023
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 173218
- Income Charitable Activities
- 9571948
- Income Investments
- 46781
- Income Other
- 421864
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 13379834
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £489,313
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £10,672,379
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 11161692
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 111706
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2699599
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 299816
- Gain Loss Investment
- 15240
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2291875
- Assets Own Use
- 2181235
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 110640
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,747,593
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,224,651
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£185,183
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 5867369
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 357282
- Assets Cash
- £2,284,555
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -303806
- Funds Restricted
- 118623
- Funds Total
- -185183
- Count Employees
- 190
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1270505
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 149881
- Income Charitable Activities
- 9635711
- Income Investments
- 4596
- Income Other
- 477652
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 11538345
- Income Legacies
- 52177
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £328,571
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £11,154,914
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 11483485
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 111706
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2699599
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 326442
- Gain Loss Investment
- -21600
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -326442
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2332243
- Assets Own Use
- 2236843
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 95400
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,520,681
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £8,271,489
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£2,418,565
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 8271489
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £966,277
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -2555436
- Funds Restricted
- 136871
- Funds Total
- -2418565
- Count Employees
- 195
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 788993
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 139043
- Income Charitable Activities
- 8760448
- Income Investments
- 5131
- Income Other
- 403335
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 10096950
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 126625
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £392,756
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £10,337,549
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 10730305
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 141095
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2317965
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 355027
- Gain Loss Investment
- 55200
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 359265
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2228430
- Assets Own Use
- 2111430
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 117000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,072,232
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,752,487
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£2,451,825
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 4485662
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 2266825
- Assets Cash
- £1,027,449
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -2578450
- Funds Restricted
- 126625
- Funds Total
- -2451825
- Count Employees
- 197
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 265497
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4024966
- Income Investments
- 1467
- Income Other
- 96137
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4388067
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £298,001
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,265,178
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5563179
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 86974
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1281150
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 214230
- Gain Loss Investment
- 3516
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,835,959
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2087700
- Assets Own Use
- 1860286
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 227414
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,036,816
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £5,960,475
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£1,835,959
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3608879
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 2351596
- Assets Cash
- £996,913
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -1835959
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- -1835959
- Count Employees
- 188
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Somerset
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DOWNSIDE SCHOOL
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-07-31T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 JAN 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31 JUL 2019
- Charitable Objects
- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO ADVANCE ROMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN THE BENEDICTINE TRADITION AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY RUNNING A SCHOOL KNOWN AS DOWNSIDE SCHOOL; 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PROVIDED THAT SUCH PROVISION SHALL BE ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL ONLY TO THE RUNNING OF A SCHOOL KNOWN AS DOWNSIDE SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE; AND 3. TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE GENERAL TRUST.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests