Collaborative Schools Ltd

Analysis

Collaborative Schools Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Trowbridge. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07976220). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Collaborative Schools Ltd reported income of £105k and spending of £140k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £207k to £105k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Collaborative Schools Ltd sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pow Thanet (£105k), Hqi Foundation (£105k) and Oxford Opera Trust CIO (£104k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.