Yehudi Menuhin School Limited

Analysis

Yehudi Menuhin School Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00818389). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Yehudi Menuhin School Limited reported income of £6.1m and spending of £5.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £6.1m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Yehudi Menuhin School Limited 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Geological Society of London (£6.1m), The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited (£6.2m) and Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 18%, trading 11% and investments 6.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £325k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 91 people.