Lancaster Royal Grammar School Charity

Analysis

Lancaster Royal Grammar School Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in September 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lancaster Royal Grammar School Charity reported income of £358k and spending of £199k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £381k to £358k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lancaster Royal Grammar School Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include McNicol Ballet Collective (£358k), Friends of Ropner Park (£359k) and St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group (£357k).