Berkhamsted Schools Group

Analysis

Berkhamsted Schools Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkhamsted. 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 00622349). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Berkhamsted Schools Group reported income of £49.9m and spending of £46.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £37.1m to £49.9m (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 16%. 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, Berkhamsted Schools Group sits at the 100th 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 Ncfe (£49.5m), Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate (£50.8m) and St Andrew's College, Bradfield (£49.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and trading 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,000. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 588 people.