Kettering Old Grammar School Foundation

Analysis

Kettering Old Grammar School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Kettering Old Grammar School Foundation reported income of £540k and spending of £616k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £357k to £540k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kettering Old Grammar School Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Doddington Hall Conservation Charity (£539k), The Rodolfus Choral Foundation Limited (£542k) and Royal Philharmonic Society (£539k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59% and investments 40%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £43k. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 48 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.