The Watford Grammar Schools Foundation

Analysis

The Watford Grammar Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Watford Grammar Schools Foundation reported income of £70k and spending of £80k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £67k to £70k (+4.2%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Watford Grammar Schools Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rodwell Preschool (£70k), Youth Empowerment Ministry (£70k) and Totnes Young Farmers Club (£70k).