Westbourne School Trust Limited

Analysis

Westbourne School Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 1968, 58 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 00936709). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Westbourne School Trust Limited reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.3m to £4.7m (+9.2%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 19%. 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, Westbourne School 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 Midland Group Training Services Limited (£4.7m), The Institute of Leadership (£4.7m) and Little Bookham Manor House School (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 81 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.