School-Led Development Trust

Analysis

School-Led Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in March 2023, 3 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 13429740). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, School-Led Development Trust reported income of £19.0m and spending of £17.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from July 2024 to July 2025, income grew from £13.4m to £19.0m (+41%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, School-Led Development Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Redmaids' High School (£18.7m), Yarm School (£19.0m) and St Edmund's College (£18.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 125 people.