Prep Schools Trust

Analysis

Prep Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in October 1969, 57 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 00961616). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Prep Schools Trust reported income of £30.6m and spending of £35.8m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £19.0m to £30.6m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Prep Schools Trust 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 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stamford Endowed Schools (£30.1m), 1509 Group (£30.7m) and Gambleaware (£29.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and trading 3.0%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 598 people.