The Royal Grammar School Educational Trust

Analysis

The Royal Grammar School Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Royal Grammar School Educational Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £537k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £3.1m (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Royal Grammar School Educational Trust 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 Church of the Holy Ghost Crowthorne Trust (£3.1m), Maritime + Engineering College North West (£3.1m) and St Dominic's Priory School (Stone) (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 4.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.5m. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £530k. Reserves of £7.8m would cover about 172 months of spending at that rate.