Lingfield College

Analysis

Lingfield College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lingfield. It was registered in October 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 02072135). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lingfield College reported income of £17.7m and spending of £16.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12.7m to £17.7m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lingfield College 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 King's School, Bruton (£17.7m), Jeannine Manuel School (£17.7m) and The Independent Educational Association Limited (£17.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £18.7m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 183 people.