Durlston Court School Trust Limited

Analysis

Durlston Court School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1973, 53 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 01091930). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Durlston Court School Trust Limited reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £4.1m (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Durlston Court School Trust Limited 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 The Read School, Drax (£4.1m), Gloucestershire Engineering Training Limited (£4.1m) and West House School (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. It employed 112 people.