The Church Schools of Cambridge (The Old Schools)

Analysis

The Church Schools of Cambridge (The Old Schools) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Church Schools of Cambridge (The Old Schools) reported income of £378k and spending of £534k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £341k to £378k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Church Schools of Cambridge (The Old Schools) sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poole Bay Methodist Circuit (£377k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Knaresborough, Goldsborough, Nidd and Brearton (£378k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrews Southgate (£377k).

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.