Lancing College Limited

Analysis

Lancing College Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancing. It was registered in July 1999, 27 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 03779985). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lancing College Limited reported income of £33.0m and spending of £31.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £22.8m to £33.0m (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 16%. 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, Lancing College Limited 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 James Allen's Girls' School (£32.8m), St Albans Education Group (£33.1m) and The Grammar School at Leeds (£32.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, trading 9.3%, donations and legacies 3.1% and investments 2.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £33k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.4%. Reserves of £16.6m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 566 people.