Stockport Grammar School

Analysis

Stockport Grammar School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in July 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 06261525). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stockport Grammar School reported income of £22.9m and spending of £22.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £16.4m to £22.9m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. 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, Stockport Grammar School sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Master Fellows and Scholars of Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge (£22.9m), Wellingborough School (£22.9m) and St Helen's School, Northwood (£22.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 1.9% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £29.3m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 323 people.