English schools raise £1.5 billion a year, says DfES

Howard Lake | 14 May 2005 | News

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The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) reports that schools in England raise £1.5 billion a year through fundraising from parents, businesses, churches and local clubs.

The Department reports that secondary schools in England raised an average of nearly £222,000 each during 2003/04, and primary schools raised an average of £35,000 each.

As well as fundraising events, many schools generated income from letting out buildings and other facilities.

During the same period central and local government gave £23 billion to schools in England.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.