The City of London School Charitable Trust

Analysis

The City of London School Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The City of London School Charitable Trust reported income of £3.4m and spending of £950k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £731k to £3.4m (+367%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The City of London School Charitable Trust 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wigoder Family Foundation (£3.4m), Givengain UK Foundation (£3.4m) and The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 41% and investments 3.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £40k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £950k. Reserves of £9.1m would cover about 115 months of spending at that rate.