King's School, Rochester

Analysis

King's School, Rochester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03791543). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, King's School, Rochester reported income of £13.0m and spending of £12.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9.2m to £13.0m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, King's School, Rochester 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 The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded As New Hall, in the University of Cambridge (£12.9m), Pembroke Education (£13.0m) and Newcastle-Under-Lyme School (£12.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, trading 4.0%, investments 2.0% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £15.5m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 244 people.