Mark Rutherford School Fund

Analysis

Mark Rutherford School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Mark Rutherford School Fund reported income of £180k and spending of £187k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12k to £180k (+1347%), an average of +95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 605%. 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, Mark Rutherford School Fund sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Augustine's Nursery Highbury (£180k), Sunnyside Preschool Playgroup (£180k) and West Row Pre-School (£180k).