Parkside School Trust

Analysis

Parkside School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cobham. It was registered in April 1963, 63 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 00667817). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Parkside School Trust reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £4.5m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Parkside School Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Littlegarth School Limited (£4.5m), City St George's Students' Union (£4.5m) and Society of Chemical Industry (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, trading 5.7% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £5.1m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 69 people.