The Maynard School

Analysis

The Maynard School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in August 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 04855372). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Maynard School reported income of £6.4m and spending of £6.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.5m to £6.4m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Maynard School 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 Walhampton School Trust Ltd. (£6.4m), Training 2000 Limited (£6.4m) and The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.7m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 123 people.