Windlesham School Trust Limited

Analysis

Windlesham School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in March 1974, 52 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 01172432). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Windlesham School Trust Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.8m (+24%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Windlesham School Trust Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middlebury College UK Trust Limited (£1.7m), Bath Spa University Students' Union (£1.8m) and The Human Dignity Trust (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 6.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £236k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.

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.