The Swedish Folk High School

Analysis

The Swedish Folk High School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in August 1980, 46 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 01497558). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Swedish Folk High School reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £452k to £1.1m (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Swedish Folk High School sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Paul's Schools Foundation (£1.1m), The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (£1.1m) and The Advocacy Academy (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 23% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.