The School of St Helen and St Katharine Trust

Analysis

The School of St Helen and St Katharine Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in May 1983, 43 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 01710695). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The School of St Helen and St Katharine Trust reported income of £16.5m and spending of £15.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12.9m to £16.5m (+28%), an average of +6.4% 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 School of St Helen and St Katharine Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Master (Or Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge (£16.4m), Principal Fellows and Scholars of Hertford College in the University of Oxford (£16.6m) and Trinity Hall Cambridge (£16.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £30.2m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate. It employed 232 people.