The Abbey School, Reading

Analysis

The Abbey School, Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1962, 64 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 00133676). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Abbey School, Reading reported income of £20.3m and spending of £20.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17.4m to £20.3m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Abbey School, Reading sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 Portsmouth Grammar School (£20.2m), Fitzwilliam College in the University of Cambridge (£20.3m) and Corpus Christi College Oxford (£20.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £16.1m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 311 people.