Royal Grammar School Worcester

Analysis

Royal Grammar School Worcester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in August 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 06251081). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Royal Grammar School Worcester reported income of £26.3m and spending of £25.4m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17.0m to £26.3m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. 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, Royal Grammar School Worcester 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 Bancroft's School (£26.3m), Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge Founded in Honour of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin (£26.4m) and Ipswich School (£26.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 1.8% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 430 people.