The Common Purpose Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Common Purpose Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02832875). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Common Purpose Charitable Trust reported income of £6.7m and spending of £6.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £6.7m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Common Purpose Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ditcham Park School Charity Association (£6.7m), Papplewick Educational Trust Limited (£6.7m) and Newland House School Trust Limited (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.7%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 61 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.