Settle High School and Community College Fund

Analysis

Settle High School and Community College Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Settle High School and Community College Fund reported income of £78k and spending of £77k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £72k to £78k (+7.8%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Settle High School and Community College Fund sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodfalls Band (£78k), The University of the Third Age Farnham and District (£78k) and Aylesbury Multicultural Community Centre (£78k).