The Open School Trust

Analysis

The Open School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 1989, 37 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 02438525). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Open School Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.3m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.6m (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Open School Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Merton Voluntary Service Council (£1.6m), Exeter School (£1.6m) and The Gestalt Centre (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.