Dragon School Trust Limited

Analysis

Dragon School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 00524331). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dragon School Trust Limited reported income of £25.5m and spending of £23.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17.9m to £25.5m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dragon School Trust Limited 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 Keble College in the University of Oxford (£25.2m), Kingswood School (£25.8m) and The Saint John's School Foundation (£24.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 7.1% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. Reserves of £38.1m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 326 people.