Scarning Endowed School

Analysis

Scarning Endowed School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dereham. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Scarning Endowed School reported income of £12k and spending of £21k, spending 177% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £22k to £12k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Scarning Endowed School sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Gildredge House (£12k), Friends of Bournemouth Collegiate School (£12k) and The Amersham School Association (£12k).

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.