Bridgewater School

Analysis

Bridgewater School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 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 05190072). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bridgewater School reported income of £5.5m and spending of £5.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.5m to £5.5m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bridgewater 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 Humber Learning Consortium (£5.5m), St Nicholas' School (Fleet) Educational Trust Limited (£5.5m) and Teach for All Network (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.0m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 101 people.