Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund

Analysis

Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in June 1999, 27 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund reported income of £565k and spending of £577k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £103k to £565k (+447%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Thomas Day Nursery (£564k), The RGSW and Aos Foundation (£565k) and Pollington-Cum-Balne Pre-School (£563k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 3.9% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £96k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.

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.