Cheltonian Endowment Trust

Analysis

Cheltonian Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Cheltonian Endowment Trust reported income of £99k and spending of £44k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £75k to £99k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 230%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cheltonian Endowment Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Great Britain-China Educational Trust (£99k), County of Greater Manchester West of the Guides Association (£99k) and Maidstone West District Scout Council (£99k).