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Pangbourne College Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 309096ReadingEducation and training
Income£12.6m2025-08-31
Spending£12.7msame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctEducation and training
Registered1963Charitable company
Employees125latest return

Analysis

Pangbourne College Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in February 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 00260104). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pangbourne College Limited reported income of £12.6m and spending of £12.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11.1m to £12.6m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pangbourne College Limited 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 Sir William Perkins's Educational Foundation (£12.6m), Ewell Castle School (£12.6m) and St Edmund's College in the University of Cambridge (£12.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, trading 2.9% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 125 people.

Income and spending

£0£3.5m£7.0m£10.5m£14.0m2021 Income: £11,057,9342021 Spending: £9,936,83220212022 Income: £12,324,9172022 Spending: £11,576,09820222023 Income: £13,267,3722023 Spending: £12,718,63720232024 Income: £13,963,5722024 Spending: £13,169,86020242025 Income: £12,584,2512025 Spending: £12,731,1592025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.3%
  • Charitable activities 95%
  • Trading 2.9%
  • Investments 1.6%
  • Other 0.0%

In the charity's own words

To advance education for the public benefit including (but not limited to) the provision and maintenance at the premises known as Pangbourne college, Pangbourne, Berkshire or elsewhere of a boarding and/or day school or schools for the education of children or young persons of either sex or both sexes.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Sir William Perkins's Educational FoundationChertsey£12.6m
Ewell Castle SchoolEpsom£12.6m
St Edmund's College in the University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom£12.6m
Birkdale SchoolSheffield£12.7m