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Babington House School Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 307914KentEducation and training
Income£8.4m2025-08-31
Spending£8.0msame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctEducation and training
Registered1963Charitable company
Employees143latest return

Analysis

Babington House School Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1963, 63 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 00610514). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Babington House School Ltd reported income of £8.4m and spending of £8.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.6m to £8.4m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Babington House School Ltd 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 Thorpe Hall School Trust (£8.4m), Port Regis School Ltd (£8.6m) and The Godstowe Preparatory School Company Limited (£8.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £574k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 143 people.

Income and spending

£0£2.1m£4.2m£6.3m£8.4m2021 Income: £5,557,3202021 Spending: £5,381,39820212022 Income: £6,130,3892022 Spending: £5,607,53720222023 Income: £7,113,7932023 Spending: £6,371,70320232024 Income: £8,035,4502024 Spending: £7,276,24020242025 Income: £8,414,1372025 Spending: £7,952,1932025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 1.6%
  • Charitable activities 96%
  • Investments 0.8%
  • Other 1.8%

In the charity's own words

Education Provision

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Thorpe Hall School TrustSouthend-On-Sea£8.4m
Port Regis School LtdShaftesbury£8.6m
The Godstowe Preparatory School Company LimitedHigh Wycombe£8.3m
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts12C Lyndhurst Road£8.7m