King's School

Analysis

King's School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, King's School reported income of £17.8m and spending of £16.6m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14.3m to £17.8m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, King's School sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Horse Society (£17.7m), Christ's Hospital Foundation (£20.0m) and Sports Aid Trust (£16.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 1.4% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £443k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 244 people.