Copthorne School Trust Limited

Analysis

Copthorne School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in February 1976, 50 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 01239211). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Copthorne School Trust Limited reported income of £2.6m and spending of £3.1m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £2.6m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Copthorne School Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenbank School Limited (£2.6m), Cyfle Building Skills Limited (£2.6m) and Skinners' Education Foundation (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and trading 7.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 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.