St Albans School Woollam Trust

Analysis

St Albans School Woollam Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Albans School Woollam Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, St Albans School Woollam Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackwell Adventure (£1.7m), University of Wolverhampton Students’ Union (£1.7m) and Hey Smile Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 6.7% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.