Ellesmere College Limited

Analysis

Ellesmere College Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ellesmere. It was registered in April 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 05066406). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ellesmere College Limited reported income of £11.1m and spending of £11.7m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9.6m to £11.1m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ellesmere College Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The King Fahad Academy Limited (£11.0m), College Francais Bilingue de Londres Ltd (£11.1m) and Addysg Oedolion Cymru / Adult Learning Wales (£11.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 3.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,500. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 232 people.

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.