Westholme School Limited

Analysis

Westholme School Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in February 1968, 58 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 00926692). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Westholme School Limited reported income of £10.2m and spending of £10.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7.0m to £10.2m (+46%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Westholme School Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. 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 Farnborough Hill Trust (£10.2m), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (£10.2m) and Derby High School Trust (£10.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 6.1% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £54k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. Reserves of £34k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 149 people.