Rendcomb College Foundation

Analysis

Rendcomb College Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melton Mowbray. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rendcomb College Foundation reported income of £9.1m and spending of £10.0m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8.2m to £9.1m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rendcomb College Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Limited (£9.0m), Hampshire Cultural Trust (£9.1m) and Yale University Press London (£8.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, trading 5.0% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £8.5m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 179 people.

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.