The Queen's School Chester

Analysis

The Queen's School Chester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in March 2022, 4 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 13389872). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Queen's School Chester reported income of £6.7m and spending of £6.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2023 to August 2025, income fell from £7.2m to £6.7m (-7.7%), an average of -3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Queen's School Chester sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Martin's (Northwood) Preparatory School Trust Limited (£6.7m), University of Bath Students' Union (Busu) (£6.7m) and Ashorne Hill Management College (£6.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 1.7% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £8.7m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 128 people.