Withington Girls' School

Analysis

Withington Girls' School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09083954). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Withington Girls' School reported income of £11.3m and spending of £11.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9.4m to £11.3m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 16%. 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, Withington Girls' School sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewes Old Grammar School Trust (£11.2m), The Master and Fellows of Darwin College in the University of Cambridge (£11.3m) and Rougemont School Trust Limited (£11.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 5.6%, trading 5.2% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 150 people.