The Stowe School Foundation

Analysis

The Stowe School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckingham. It was registered in September 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 July 2025, The Stowe School Foundation reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £3.4m (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Stowe School Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Terra Nova School Trust Limited (£3.4m), The Tutor Trust (£3.4m) and St Christopher's the Hall School, Limited (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74% and investments 26%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £783k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.7m. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate.