Sidcot School

Analysis

Sidcot School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Somerset. It was registered in April 1987, 39 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 02093340). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sidcot School reported income of £15.0m and spending of £13.5m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £10.6m to £15.0m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sidcot School 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 Principal and Fellows of Newnham College (£14.9m), Malvern St James Limited (£15.0m) and The Merchant Taylors' Schools Crosby (£14.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, trading 8.2%, donations and legacies 3.1% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,014. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £16.2m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 280 people.