St Paul's Schools Foundation

Analysis

St Paul's Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Paul's Schools Foundation reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.5m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £996k to £1.1m (+8.6%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Paul's Schools Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Advocacy Academy (£1.1m), The Swedish Folk High School (£1.1m) and Derwent Training Association (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £9.0m would cover about 69 months of spending at that rate.