Mayfield School Ltd

Analysis

Mayfield School Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mayfield. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03068144). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Mayfield School Ltd reported income of £15.4m and spending of £14.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9.7m to £15.4m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mayfield School Ltd sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited (£15.0m), The House of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford, Commonly Called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of Famous Memory Sometime King of England (£15.8m) and Buckfast Abbey Trust (Held Icw the Religious Community of Benedictine Monks Established at St Marys Abbey Buckfast, Devon) (£14.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 3.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £7.6m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 233 people.