The Pocklington School Foundation

Analysis

The Pocklington School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Pocklington School Foundation reported income of £15.8m and spending of £14.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £10.9m to £15.8m (+45%), an average of +9.7% 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, The Pocklington School Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade (£15.7m), Enginuity (£15.8m) and Queen's College (£15.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 12%, investments 1.4% and trading 1.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £54k. It employed 191 people.