The Bishop William Ward School Association

Analysis

The Bishop William Ward School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2026, The Bishop William Ward School Association reported income of £13k and spending of £20k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £9,557 to £13k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Bishop William Ward School Association sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hunsworth Community Association (£13k), Carhampton Village Hall (£13k) and Scawthorpe Community Centre (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.