Westbourne House School Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Westbourne House School Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in May 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00902869). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Westbourne House School Educational Trust Limited reported income of £6.5m and spending of £6.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £6.5m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Westbourne House School Educational Trust Limited sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 University of Sussex Students' Union (£6.5m), The National Coaching Foundation (£6.7m) and Lady Barn House School Limited (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £26k. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 148 people.