Barnard Castle School

Analysis

Barnard Castle School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnard Castle. It was registered in August 2008, 18 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 06596258). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Barnard Castle School reported income of £12.3m and spending of £13.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9.3m to £12.3m (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Barnard Castle School sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chartered Institute of Taxation (£12.1m), London and South East University Group Students' Union (£12.4m) and The Corporation of St Lawrence College (£12.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, trading 1.6% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £9.3m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 204 people.