Yarm School

Analysis

Yarm School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yarm. It was registered in August 2002, 24 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 04451356). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Yarm School reported income of £19.0m and spending of £18.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £13.6m to £19.0m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Yarm 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 School-Led Development Trust (£19.0m), Bloxham School Limited (£19.1m) and Redmaids' High School (£18.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. Reserves of £42.4m would cover about 28 months of spending at that rate. It employed 254 people.