Bishop Challoner School

Analysis

Bishop Challoner School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2013, 13 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 08652238). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Bishop Challoner School reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2023, income grew from £3.1m to £3.5m (+12%), an average of +6.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bishop Challoner 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 Swedish School Society in London (£3.5m), Castle Court School Educational Trust Limited (£3.5m) and Chafyn Grove School (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.

Data notes from the register: The register marks this charity as being in administration. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.