Rossall School

Analysis

Rossall School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fleetwood. It was registered in May 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rossall School reported income of £19.4m and spending of £19.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12.3m to £19.4m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rossall School 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 Leighton Park Trust (£19.3m), Saferworld (£19.4m) and The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales (£19.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, trading 2.7%, donations and legacies 2.5% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 229 people.