The Guildhall School Trust

Analysis

The Guildhall School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 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 04041975). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Guildhall School Trust reported income of £4.5m and spending of £3.4m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £4.5m (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Guildhall School Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridget Espinosa Memorial Trust (£4.5m), St Mary's School, Hampstead (£4.5m) and Chartered Institute of Fundraising (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, investments 9.7% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.3m. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.3m. Reserves of £627k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.