Shrewsbury School Foundation

Analysis

Shrewsbury School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Shrewsbury School Foundation reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.4m, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £958k to £1.9m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Foundation 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Media Trust (£1.9m), Peeple (£1.9m) and KT Educational Charitable Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.3%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 31%. Grants to other organisations totalled £939k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.