The Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Charity

Analysis

The Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Charity reported income of £53k and spending of £61k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £79k to £53k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Charity sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's Early Intervention Trust (£53k), Great Missenden Church of England Combined School Parent Teacher Association (£53k) and Eduwell (£53k).

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.