Birkenhead School Foundation Trust

Analysis

Birkenhead School Foundation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Birkenhead School Foundation Trust reported income of £367k and spending of £145k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £374k to £367k (-1.7%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 340%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Birkenhead School Foundation Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Little Admirals Pre-School (£367k), Birchfield Independent Girls School (£368k) and Les Ateliers (£366k).