Cumnor House School Trust

Analysis

Cumnor House School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haywards Heath. It was registered in August 1989, 37 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 02411055). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cumnor House School Trust reported income of £7.5m and spending of £7.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.5m to £7.5m (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 17%. 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, Cumnor House School Trust 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 St Catherine's School, Twickenham (£7.5m), St Hugh's School (Carswell) Trust Limited (£7.5m) and Ruskin Mill Land Trust (£7.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.1%, trading 1.9% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £9.2m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 105 people.