The Ludgrove School Foundation

Analysis

The Ludgrove School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in November 2012, 14 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 08170775). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ludgrove School Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £134k, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £20k to £1.6m (+7901%), an average of +199% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 466%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ludgrove School Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Brookes Students Union Ltd (£1.6m), Boards for Education (£1.6m) and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Europe Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 48% of spending and raising funds 39%. Grants to other organisations totalled £53k. Reserves of £657k would cover about 51 months of spending at that rate.