Ringwood Waldorf School

Analysis

Ringwood Waldorf School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ringwood. It was registered in September 2014, 12 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 08645246). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ringwood Waldorf School reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.8m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ringwood Waldorf School 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chartered Institute of Credit Management (£1.8m), Old Swinford Hospital (£1.8m) and Oakhill Education Trust (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 2.6% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £436k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.