Duchy College Limited

Analysis

Duchy College Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in July 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 00197987). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Duchy College Limited reported income of £8.3m and spending of £10.1m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7.6m to £8.3m (+8.4%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Duchy College Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The Portal Trust (£8.2m), St Piran's School Limited (£8.3m) and The Peterborough School Limited (£8.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 3.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £3.7m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 196 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.