Abingdon School

Analysis

Abingdon School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in September 1998, 28 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 03625063). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Abingdon School reported income of £34.7m and spending of £34.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £28.9m to £34.7m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Abingdon School sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leys and St Faith's Schools Foundation (£34.4m), The Association of Accounting Technicians (£35.2m) and Rhodes Trust - Public Purposes Fund (£34.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and trading 4.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £53.3m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 411 people.