Newells School Trust Limited

Analysis

Newells School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haywards Heath. It was registered in June 1969, 57 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 00932584). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Newells School Trust Limited reported income of £9.0m and spending of £8.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5.8m to £9.0m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Newells School Trust Limited 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 Mudiad Meithrin (£9.0m), The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (£9.1m) and St John's College School, Cambridge (£9.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 135 people.