Blundell's School

Analysis

Blundell's School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tiverton. It was registered in June 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 04016403). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Blundell's School reported income of £19.5m and spending of £19.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £16.0m to £19.5m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blundell's School sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 The Foundation of Sir John Percyvale in Maccleslfield of 1502, Re-Founded by King Edward VI in 1552 (£19.4m), Hult International Business School Ltd (£19.7m) and Reading Blue Coat School (£19.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £29k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £13.7m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 390 people.