Bury Grammar Schools Charity

Analysis

Bury Grammar Schools Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bury Grammar Schools Charity reported income of £18.5m and spending of £18.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £13.4m to £18.5m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bury Grammar Schools Charity sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Downing College in the University of Cambridge (£18.5m), St Edmund's College (£18.7m) and International House Trust Limited (£18.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 2.3% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £67k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £15.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 211 people.