Newark Preparatory School Company Limited

Analysis

Newark Preparatory School Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00396309). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Newark Preparatory School Company Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.2m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Newark Preparatory School Company Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Radlett Centre Trust (£1.2m), Blackwood Arts Centre (£1.2m) and Harrogate International Festival Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 37 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.