The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Foundation CIO

Analysis

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Foundation CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Foundation CIO reported income of £843k and spending of £892k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £461k to £843k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Foundation CIO sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Margaret McMillan Limited (£843k), Hythe Bay Children's Centre (£846k) and Higher Education Policy Institute (£842k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, charitable activities 31% and investments 7.4%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Reserves of £8.5m would cover about 114 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.