The Corporation of St Lawrence College

Analysis

The Corporation of St Lawrence College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1967, 59 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 00037822). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The Corporation of St Lawrence College reported income of £12.0m and spending of £13.3m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income grew from £8.4m to £12.0m (+42%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Corporation of St Lawrence College 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 Charles Kalms, Henry Ronson Immanuel College (£12.0m), The Chartered Institute of Taxation (£12.1m) and West Kirby Educational Trust (£11.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and trading 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £13.0m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 204 people.

Data notes from the register: The register marks this charity as being in administration.