The Manor Preparatory School Trust

Analysis

The Manor Preparatory School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in March 1990, 36 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 02454554). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Manor Preparatory School Trust reported income of £6.9m and spending of £6.5m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5.4m to £6.9m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Manor Preparatory 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skills and Education Group (£6.9m), Coleg Ceredigion (£6.9m) and The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Iwpr) (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 112 people.