The West Buckland School Foundation

Analysis

The West Buckland School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in March 2003, 23 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 04475523). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The West Buckland School Foundation reported income of £441k and spending of £569k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £380k to £441k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The West Buckland School Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Badingham Play School (£440k), Beckermet Nursery (£442k) and Bicmp (£440k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.