School Fund

Analysis

School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, School Fund reported income of £301k and spending of £339k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £26k to £301k (+1055%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 235%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, School Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trenance Childcare (£301k), Little Oaks Community Nursery (£301k) and North East Action for Children Parents and Inclusion (Napi) CIO (£300k).

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.