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Fordham University UK Charitable Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1040378LondonEducation and training
Income£7.2m2025-06-30
Spending£7.2msame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctEducation and training
Registered1994Other
Employees48latest return

Analysis

Fordham University UK Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Fordham University UK Charitable Trust reported income of £7.2m and spending of £7.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £7.2m (+399%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 282%. 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, Fordham University UK Charitable 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust (£7.2m), Rikkyo School in England Trust (£7.2m) and The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford (£7.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and trading 2.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 48 people.

Income and spending

£0£1.8m£3.6m£5.4m£7.2m2021 Income: £1,446,1642021 Spending: £1,453,97320212022 Income: £5,528,1272022 Spending: £5,193,03320222023 Income: £5,962,4332023 Spending: £6,000,07020232024 Income: £6,695,4872024 Spending: £6,534,79320242025 Income: £7,217,3822025 Spending: £7,189,0862025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 98%
  • Trading 2.0%
  • Investments 0.0%
  • Other 0.0%

In the charity's own words

The Fordham University UK Charitable Trust's (formerly MLC Charitable Trust) primary objective is to provide education for American college students in England and Europe and for such other charitable purposes as the Trustee may in its discretion think fit.

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CharityLocationIncome
Leicestershire Independent Educational TrustLeicestershire£7.2m
Rikkyo School in England TrustHorsham£7.2m
The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of OxfordOxford£7.2m
Ark UK ProgrammesLondon£7.3m