St Edmund's College

Analysis

St Edmund's College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in November 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Edmund's College reported income of £18.7m and spending of £18.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14.4m to £18.7m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Edmund's College 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bury Grammar Schools Charity (£18.5m), Redmaids' High School (£18.7m) and Downing College in the University of Cambridge (£18.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £11.9m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 310 people.