Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

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.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/08/23£91,177£90,393£784£408£32,219£26,5963.51,2710
31/08/22£89,070£85,797£3,273£0£37,932£32,1634.51,2180
31/08/21£66,558£66,540£18£0£29,645£23,4784.21,0960
31/08/20£71,158£72,110£-952£0£27,605£22,2803.71,0820
31/08/19£75,861£76,434£-573£0£32,640£27,2014.31,1210
31/08/18£73,989£71,738£2,251£0£33,209£27,5684.61,0390
31/08/17£68,020£66,942£1,078£0£30,910£25,1824.51,1040
31/08/16£68,845£68,081£764£0£6,215£4240.11,1670
31/08/15£84,982£81,517£3,465£183£13,572£7,9841.21,3660
31/08/14?£125,719£128,079£-2,360£412£11,524£5,9360.61,4190
31/03/13*£197,340£152,091£45,249£371£126,843£13,4301.13,3600
31/03/12*£189,401£128,381£61,020£384£81,626£16,6651.62,3600
31/03/11£130,693£125,236£5,457£464£26,932£28,2912.72,4480
31/03/10£150,647£153,251£-2,604£398£11,118£12,0500.92,5710
31/03/09£139,502£138,098£1,404£275£21,616£21,9681.92,5310
31/03/08£119,119£115,610£3,509£238£28,176£28,1002.92,3090
31/03/07£75,909£70,129£5,780£162£21,201£21,3523.72,3000
31/03/06*£68,694£65,545£3,149£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£116,181£110,773£5,408£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£82,655£79,718£2,937£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Established: 48 years
(58 years as a company)

http://www.educationdevelopmenttrust.com/

corpgov@educationdevelopmenttrust.com

01189021000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Abu Dhabi, Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Central African Republic, Dubai, Egypt, France, Ghana, Greenland, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, St Kitts And Nevis, Syria, Thailand, Throughout England And Wales, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 1,271 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Nuffield Foundation - Strategic fund grant
£5,000 10/03/2020
Teaching programming to prepare young people for the 21st-century job market
Sport England - Splash Dance
£9,938 13/01/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Splash Dance'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Ely College Physical Education Enhancement
£8,481 12/09/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Ely College Physical Education Enhancement'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/02/1976, number: 270901
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/12/1965, number: 00867944
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

Education Development Trust
Highbridge House
16-18 Duke Street
READING
RG1 4RU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITTO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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