The St Gabriel Schools Foundation

Analysis

The St Gabriel Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02590761). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The St Gabriel Schools Foundation reported income of £9.0m and spending of £9.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5.3m to £9.0m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The St Gabriel Schools Foundation 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheam School Educational Trust (£9.0m), St John's College School, Cambridge (£9.0m) and Rokeby Educational Trust Limited (£8.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 181 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.