Truro High School for Girls

Analysis

Truro High School for Girls is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Truro High School for Girls reported income of £6.5m and spending of £6.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £6.5m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. 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, Truro High School for Girls sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Beaconsfield Educational Trust Ltd (£6.5m), Chesham Preparatory School Trust Limited (£6.6m) and Ascentis (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 3.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 106 people.