The City and Diocese of London Voluntary Schools Fund

Analysis

The City and Diocese of London Voluntary Schools Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The City and Diocese of London Voluntary Schools Fund reported income of £361k and spending of £253k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £112k to £361k (+222%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The City and Diocese of London Voluntary Schools Fund 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 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thomas Howell's Education Fund for North Wales (£360k), Cylch Cae Top (£361k) and Kineton Playgroup Ltd (£360k).