Windermere Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Windermere Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Windermere. It was registered in November 1967, 59 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 00914963). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Windermere Educational Trust Limited reported income of £5.5m and spending of £6.6m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £6.0m to £5.5m (-7.5%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Windermere Educational Trust Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thorpe House School Trust (£5.5m), New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (£5.6m) and St Nicholas' School (Fleet) Educational Trust Limited (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and trading 10%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. It employed 112 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.