New College Worcester

Analysis

New College Worcester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in March 2007, 19 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 06053218). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, New College Worcester reported income of £6.7m and spending of £7.9m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.4m to £6.7m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, New College Worcester 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 Hasmonean High School Charitable Trust (£6.7m), Newland House School Trust Limited (£6.7m) and University of Bath Students' Union (Busu) (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and donations and legacies 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £405k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £58k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 151 people.