Pinewood School Ltd

Analysis

Pinewood School Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in November 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 00339394). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pinewood School Ltd reported income of £8.3m and spending of £7.8m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6.5m to £8.3m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. 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, Pinewood 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 St Piran's School Limited (£8.3m), The Dulwich School Cranbrook (£8.3m) and Duchy College Limited (£8.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £13.1m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 136 people.