Rydes Hill School Guildford

Analysis

Rydes Hill School Guildford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1988, 38 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 02257924). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rydes Hill School Guildford reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.4m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.2m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rydes Hill School Guildford sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arden House (£2.2m), The Engineering Development Trust (£2.2m) and The Nurture Group Network Limited (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.6% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £809k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 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.