Chard School

Analysis

Chard School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chard. It was registered in March 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chard School reported income of £366k and spending of £425k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £500k to £366k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chard School sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Build Up Foundation (£366k), Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest (£366k) and Puddleducks Nursery & Pre-School (£366k).

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.