Scarborough College

Analysis

Scarborough College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scarborough. It was registered in October 1962, 64 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 00050404). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Scarborough College reported income of £8.9m and spending of £9.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.7m to £8.9m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Scarborough College 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 Bethany School (£8.8m), Twyford School (£8.9m) and St Dunstan's Educational Foundation (£8.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 4.0% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 147 people.