Loughborough Schools Foundation

Analysis

Loughborough Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in July 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 04038033). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Loughborough Schools Foundation reported income of £36.5m and spending of £40.0m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £31.8m to £36.5m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. 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, Loughborough Schools Foundation 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 University College School (£36.3m), The North London Collegiate School (£36.6m) and St Bede's School Trust Sussex (£36.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, donations and legacies 2.4%, investments 1.5% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £552k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £13.6m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 733 people.