Pennthorpe School Trust Limited

Analysis

Pennthorpe School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in June 1965, 61 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 00799603). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pennthorpe School Trust Limited reported income of £3.9m and spending of £4.2m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £3.9m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pennthorpe School Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Gateshead Talmudical College (£3.8m), Willington School Foundation Limited (£3.9m) and The Beis Malka Trust (£3.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.