The Unicorn School Ltd

Analysis

The Unicorn School Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Richmond. It was registered in February 1971, 55 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 00993831). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Unicorn School Ltd reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.9m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Unicorn School Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Malala Fund UK (£2.9m), The Northumbrian Educational Trust Ltd (£2.9m) and Action Tutoring (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 1.5% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.