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Merchant Taylors School

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Merchant Taylors School is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training.

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What are the key facts about Merchant Taylors School?

Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£31,778,575
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£30,084,830
Registered charity number
1063740
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Sandy Lodge Lane
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes
Website
www.mtsn.org.uk

Quick answer

Merchant Taylors School (number 1063740) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Merchant Taylors School do?

Provision of Schooling

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Merchant Taylors School

Answers Merchant Taylors School gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Merchant Taylors School's highest-paid staff paid?

Merchant Taylors School's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 106 employees paid more than £60,000, including 5 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£200,001–£250,0001
£140,001–£150,0001
£110,001–£120,0001
£100,001–£110,0002
£90,001–£100,0001
£80,001–£90,00015
£70,001–£80,00037
£60,001–£70,00048

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Merchant Taylors School's money come from?

Merchant Taylors School reported £32m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £30m (95%), donations and legacies £717k (2%), investments £702k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £25k.

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£30m · 95%
  • Donations and legacies£717k · 2%
  • Investments£702k · 2%
  • Trading and fundraising events£250k · 1%

Does Merchant Taylors School receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Merchant Taylors School. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Merchant Taylors School reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Merchant Taylors School as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Merchant Taylors School's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
03411540 (Companies House)
Previous names on the register
Merchant Taylors School / St John's School
Where it says it operates
Hertfordshire

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

Linked funds and trusts

The register records these funds under parent charity number 1063740. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.

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What causes is Merchant Taylors School registered for?

Education/training

Why is there no Clarity Score for Merchant Taylors School yet?

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Frequently asked questions

Is Merchant Taylors School a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Merchant Taylors School as a registered charity (number 1063740) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Merchant Taylors School's charity number?
Merchant Taylors School's charity number is 1063740. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1063740?
Search 1063740 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Merchant Taylors School do?
Provision of Schooling
Does Merchant Taylors School have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Merchant Taylors School. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Merchant Taylors School?
Merchant Taylors School's website listed in our register data is http://www.mtsn.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Merchant Taylors School's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Merchant Taylors School's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 106 employees paid more than £60,000, including 5 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Merchant Taylors School's money come from?
Merchant Taylors School reported £32m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £30m (95%), donations and legacies £717k (2%), investments £702k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £25k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Merchant Taylors School?
The register records Merchant Taylors School as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Merchant Taylors School's trustees paid?
Merchant Taylors School's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Merchant Taylors School previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Merchant Taylors School: Merchant Taylors School / St John's School.
When was Merchant Taylors School registered as a charity?
Merchant Taylors School was entered on the register on 31 July 1997. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03411540).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.