Schumacher College Foundation

Analysis

Schumacher College Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Totnes. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02654912). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Schumacher College Foundation reported income of £370k and spending of £1.5m, spending 401% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2020 to February 2025, income grew from £160k to £370k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 812%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Schumacher College Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleanup United Kingdom (£370k), Thameside Nature Park Ltd (£370k) and The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited (£370k).