Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

    THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST 

    CET's purpose is to advance primary and secondary education across the Commonwealth with a strong focus on teacher professional development. It encourages innovation and shares best practice from across the Commonwealth to assist teachers and young people develop the understanding and skills to contribute to the development of sustainable communities.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/22£241£153£88n/an/an/an/an/a1
    31/12/21*£165£204£-39n/an/an/an/an/a3
    31/12/20£52£285£-233n/an/an/an/an/a7
    31/12/19£25£284£-259n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/12/18£13£386£-372£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/17£700£2,946£-2,245£0£1,154£1,1034.520
    31/12/16£717£3,733£-3,016£0£3,410£3,35810.820
    31/12/15?£7,385£5,758£1,627£224£6,061£6,00912.5310
    30/06/14£84£2,349£-2,266£0£0£0n/a00
    30/06/13£136£1,770£-1,634£0£0£0n/a00
    30/06/12£127£1,887£-1,760£0£0£0n/a00
    30/06/11£1,140£2,561£-1,422£32£11,433£11,32753.140
    30/06/10£1,011£1,724£-713£32£12,563£12,41286.420
    30/06/09£952£1,477£-525£37£12,991£12,618102.520
    30/06/08*£17,184£2,885£14,299£53£14,299£13,92457.920

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 17 years

    www.commonwealtheducationtrust.org

    hello@commonwealtheducationtrust.org

    020 3096 7721

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Colleges and universities
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Vincent, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Kitts And Nevis, St ....more
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 1 volunteer

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • The Commonwealth Education Trust Limited
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/06/2007, number: 1119647
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Conflicting interests
    • Risk management
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; AR21: 10 days late, AR08: 15 days late,
    Main office

    7-14 GREAT DOVER STREET
    LONDON
    SE1 4YR

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS (THE COMMONWEALTH)

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE COMMONWEALTH

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
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