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education development trust

The charity supports children and young people and other charities or voluntary bodies. Education Development Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Reading and operates in England And Wales, Australia, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The Charity seeks to advance education for the public benefit. To this end, we provide advice and consultancy services on education matters to governments and others, we teach, we provide counselling and guidance to young people and adults, we undertake or commission educational research and we provide training and support for educators.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£80,338,000
Latest Expenditure
£80,109,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 99.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 99.5%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £79,181,000
Other Trading £0
Investments £1,207,000
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £79,680,000
Raising Funds £429,000
Governance £346,000
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£80,338,000£80,109,000£79,680,000£33,103,000£22,000,0001159 / 0
2023£91,177,000£90,393,000£89,934,000£32,219,000£21,400,0001271 / 0
2022£89,070,000£85,797,000£85,344,000£37,932,000£21,100,0001218 / 0
2021£66,558,000£66,540,000£66,179,000£29,645,000£163,000,0001096 / 0
2020£71,158,000£72,110,000£71,700,000£27,605,000£15,400,0001082 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers