Kew College

Analysis

Kew College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 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 01678837). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Kew College reported income of £4.4m and spending of £4.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.6m to £4.4m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kew College 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 Eversfield Preparatory School Trust Limited (£4.4m), St John's Catholic School for the Deaf (£4.4m) and Peta Limited (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £7.8m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 people.