Ruth First Educational Trust

Analysis

Ruth First Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Ruth First Educational Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £7,893, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £14k to £18k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ruth First Educational Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Meath Green Junior School (£18k), 37th Huddersfield (Almondbury) Methodist Scout Group (£18k) and Voluntary Sector Studies Network (£18k).