Trent College Limited

Analysis

Trent College Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 1964, 62 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 00032983). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Trent College Limited reported income of £19.8m and spending of £20.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £15.7m to £19.8m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Trent College Limited 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 St Swithun's School (Winchester) (£19.8m), The Master and Fellows of the College or Hall of Saint Catharine the Virgin in the University of Cambridge (£19.9m) and The Institute of Grocery Distribution (£19.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and trading 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,000. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £32.9m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 375 people.