The Ditcham Park School Charity Association

Analysis

The Ditcham Park School Charity Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Petersfield. It was registered in August 1982, 44 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 01648056). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ditcham Park School Charity Association reported income of £6.7m and spending of £6.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £6.7m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ditcham Park School Charity Association 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 Newland House School Trust Limited (£6.7m), The Common Purpose Charitable Trust (£6.7m) and New College Worcester (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, trading 6.6% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £9.1m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 82 people.