Bowdon Preparatory School

Analysis

Bowdon Preparatory School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in June 2011, 15 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 07577822). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bowdon Preparatory School reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.3m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bowdon Preparatory School sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elms (Colwall) Limited (£3.3m), Money Ready (£3.3m) and The Whitehall and Industry Group (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.5m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.