The Poole Grammar School Trust Fund

Analysis

The Poole Grammar School Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Poole Grammar School Trust Fund reported income of £28k and spending of £29k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £15k to £28k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Poole Grammar School Trust Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhys Thomas James Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod (£28k), Girlguiding Oxshott (£28k) and Wellbeing in the Weald (£28k).