Denstone College Limited

Analysis

Denstone College Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Uttoxeter. It was registered in March 2004, 22 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 05010957). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Denstone College Limited reported income of £16.3m and spending of £15.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £10.1m to £16.3m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 34%. 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, Denstone College Limited 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 Albert Memorial College (£16.3m), Trinity Hall Cambridge (£16.4m) and Acorn Early Years Foundation (£16.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 3.7% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Reserves of £9.2m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 252 people.