The Chartered Association of Business Schools

Analysis

The Chartered Association of Business Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Chartered Association of Business Schools reported income of £18.3m and spending of £18.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £10.8m to £18.3m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 64%. 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, The Chartered Association of Business Schools sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Universities UK (£17.9m), The King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford (£18.3m) and Queen Alexandra College (£17.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.