Princes Mead School Trust

Analysis

Princes Mead School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 1984, 42 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 01785733). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Princes Mead School Trust reported income of £5.3m and spending of £4.5m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.6m to £5.3m (+45%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Princes Mead School Trust 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 Home-Start UK (£5.2m), Prestfelde School Limited (£5.3m) and The Lucy Faithfull Foundation (£5.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £6.7m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.