Stover School Association

Analysis

Stover School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in October 1963, 63 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 00565995). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Stover School Association reported income of £8.8m and spending of £8.4m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5.8m to £8.8m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Stover School Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Fairley House School (£8.8m), Northern Consortium (£8.8m) and Luckley House School Limited (£8.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 158 people.