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Alleyn's School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1161864LondonEducation and training
Income£38.2m2025-07-31
Spending£37.0msame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause100th pctEducation and training
Registered2015Charitable company
Employees587latest return

Analysis

Alleyn's School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2015, 11 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 09401357). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Alleyn's School reported income of £38.2m and spending of £37.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £26.4m to £38.2m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Alleyn's School sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lord Wandsworth College (£38.0m), Latymer Foundation at Hammersmith (£39.0m) and Cranleigh School (£38.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 7.2%, investments 3.6% and trading 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £16k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £9.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 587 people.

Income and spending

£0£9.6m£19.1m£28.7m£38.2m2021 Income: £26,397,0002021 Spending: £26,185,00020212022 Income: £29,908,0002022 Spending: £28,730,00020222023 Income: £32,690,0002023 Spending: £31,892,00020232024 Income: £36,747,0002024 Spending: £34,440,00020242025 Income: £38,235,0002025 Spending: £37,024,0002025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 7.1%
  • Legacies 0.0%
  • Charitable activities 87%
  • Trading 2.3%
  • Investments 3.6%

In the charity's own words

To advance education by conducting at Dulwich a day school for boys and girls in which there shall be provided a practical, liberal and religious education, including a senior school and a junior school.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Lord Wandsworth CollegeHook£38.0m
Latymer Foundation at HammersmithLondon£39.0m
Cranleigh SchoolCranleigh£38.0m
Shrewsbury SchoolShropshire£39.3m