Durston House School Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Durston House School Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1986, 40 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 01947995). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Durston House School Educational Trust Limited reported income of £6.9m and spending of £7.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.6m to £6.9m (+25%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Durston House School Educational Trust Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The Nautical Institute (£6.9m), Silcoates School (£6.9m) and Union of Uea Students Limited (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £569k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 85 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.