Ryde School

Analysis

Ryde School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ryde. It was registered in March 1964, 62 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 00432077). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ryde School reported income of £12.5m and spending of £12.8m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9.5m to £12.5m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 26%. 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, Ryde School 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 The Collegiate School Bristol (£12.4m), King's College London Students' Union (£12.5m) and Green Templeton College (£12.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.8% and trading 1.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £21.4m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 208 people.