The Mount School (York)

Analysis

The Mount School (York) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 1983, 43 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 01686186). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Mount School (York) reported income of £4.3m and spending of £5.3m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £4.3m (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Mount School (York) sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worrall and Fuller Exhibition Fund (£4.3m), Charity Entrepreneurship (£4.3m) and Kingswood House School Trust Limited (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 12% and trading 4.3%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 108 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.