Lewes Old Grammar School Trust

Analysis

Lewes Old Grammar School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in September 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 09561129). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lewes Old Grammar School Trust reported income of £11.2m and spending of £10.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7.5m to £11.2m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lewes Old Grammar School Trust 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 Rougemont School Trust Limited (£11.2m), Withington Girls' School (£11.3m) and Robinson College in the University of Cambridge (£11.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £7.9m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 195 people.