Oswestry School

Analysis

Oswestry School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in March 2000, 26 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 03931222). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Oswestry School reported income of £9.8m and spending of £8.9m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6.0m to £9.8m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oswestry School sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Giggleswick School (£9.8m), Arnold House School Ltd (£9.8m) and Somerhill Charitable Trust Limited (£9.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 9.5% and trading 4.2%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. It employed 165 people.