The Ridgeway School Fund

Analysis

The Ridgeway School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Farnham. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ridgeway School Fund reported income of £211k and spending of £261k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £84k to £211k (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 359%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ridgeway School Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birch Hill Pre-School (£211k), Sprowston Youth Engagement Project (£211k) and Abracadabra Pre-School (£211k).