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Wycliffe College (Incorporated)

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 311714StonehouseEducation and training
Income£17.0m2025-08-31
Spending£18.5msame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause99th pctEducation and training
Registered1966Charitable company
Employees323latest return

Analysis

Wycliffe College (Incorporated) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stonehouse. It was registered in July 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00255632). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wycliffe College (Incorporated) reported income of £17.0m and spending of £18.5m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14.3m to £17.0m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wycliffe College (Incorporated) 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 The Grange School Hartford Limited (£17.0m), King Alfred School Society (£17.0m) and St Catherine's College in the University of Oxford (£16.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and trading 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. It employed 323 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£4.9m£9.7m£14.6m£19.4m2021 Income: £14,289,4762021 Spending: £15,332,53720212022 Income: £15,564,2972022 Spending: £15,982,65220222023 Income: £15,959,8852023 Spending: £17,339,76820232024 Income: £18,005,9412024 Spending: £19,419,33920242025 Income: £17,002,1402025 Spending: £18,463,3002025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.0%
  • Legacies 0.1%
  • Charitable activities 99%
  • Trading 1.0%
  • Investments 0.2%

In the charity's own words

The Charity principally provides education in Stonehouse to boys and girls from the ages of 2 - 18 in its two schools, the Preparatory School, including a Nursery department, and the Senior School; it also runs holiday courses for British and overseas students.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Grange School Hartford LimitedNorthwich£17.0m
King Alfred School SocietyLondon£17.0m
St Catherine's College in the University of OxfordOxford£16.8m
The Free Grammar School of King Charles II at BradfordBradford£17.1m