Castle Court School Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Castle Court School Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in April 1974, 52 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 01134697). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Castle Court School Educational Trust Limited reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.5m to £3.5m (+1.8%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Castle Court School Educational Trust Limited 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 Bishop Challoner School (£3.5m), TNB Garrison Early Years and Play (£3.5m) and The Swedish School Society in London (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £4.6m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 98 people.