Guidance

Financial benchmarking tool for colleges

A tool to help colleges compare their financial performance with others in the sector.

From:
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
10 April 2017
Last updated
18 May 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

College benchmarking tool for the financial year 2020 to 2021

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College financial benchmarking tool

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College financial benchmarking tool: guidance

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Details

Users can filter the benchmark population based on certain criteria. The tool provides a number of benchmarking reports, trend analysis and access to the underlying datasets.

The latest version of the tool includes data submitted in colleges’ finance records for the year:

  • 2020 to 2021

The tool for the prior year, which remains on this webpage, includes data submitted in colleges’ finance records for the years:

  • 2018 to 2019
  • 2019 to 2020

Additional information is set out in our college accounts direction.

Published 10 April 2017
Last updated 18 May 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added the latest version of the tool in for the year 2020 to 2021 and updated guidance.

  2. We have updated the college financial benchmarking tool with data for 2019 to 2020.

  3. We have updated the college financial benchmarking tool with data from 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019.

  4. We have published an updated version of the college financial benchmarking tool and have updated the accompanying guidance.

  5. We have updated the college financial benchmarking tool with improved data accuracy.

  6. Page updated for 2017 to 2018.

  7. First published.