Undershaw Education Trust

Analysis

Undershaw Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hindhead. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02889781). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Undershaw Education Trust reported income of £4.3m and spending of £3.8m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £4.3m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Undershaw Education Trust 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sherburn House Charity (£4.3m), Crossroads Care Kent (£4.3m) and The Cambrian Education Trust (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.5% and trading 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 67 people.