Ipswich High School Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Ipswich High School Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ipswich High School Charitable Foundation reported income of £12k and spending of £133k, spending 1072% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,379 to £12k (+800%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 1008%. Over the whole period it spent 1981% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ipswich High School Charitable Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paston Foundation (£12k), 1st / 27th Croydon Scout Group (£12k) and Willowbrook Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£12k).

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.