Side by Side School Ltd

Analysis

Side by Side School Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 08865604). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Side by Side School Ltd reported income of £575k and spending of £302k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £2.0m to £575k (-72%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2026, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 22% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Side by Side School Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watford Women's Centre (£575k), St Andrew's (Burgess Hill) Pre-School (£577k) and The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Limited (£574k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74% and charitable activities 26%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £9.6m would cover about 367 months of spending at that rate.