The Collegiate Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Collegiate Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02642734). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The Collegiate Charitable Foundation reported income of £7.1m and spending of £6.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income grew from £6.9m to £7.1m (+2.5%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Collegiate Charitable Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sutton Trust (£7.1m), Bishopsgate School Limited (£7.1m) and St David's College Trust (£7.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.