Shrewsbury School

Analysis

Shrewsbury School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in August 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Shrewsbury School reported income of £39.3m and spending of £39.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £30.8m to £39.3m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Shrewsbury School sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latymer Foundation at Hammersmith (£39.0m), The Perse School (£40.1m) and Alleyn's School (£38.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, trading 7.5% and donations and legacies 3.0%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £15k. It employed 534 people.