St John's College School, Cambridge

Analysis

St John's College School, Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 2021, 5 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 13396877). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, St John's College School, Cambridge reported income of £9.0m and spending of £9.8m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income fell from £12.0m to £9.0m (-25%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St John's College School, Cambridge 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 The St Gabriel Schools Foundation (£9.0m), Mudiad Meithrin (£9.0m) and Cheam School Educational Trust (£9.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 1.3% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £5.9m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 139 people.