The Association of Colleges Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Association of Colleges Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1994, 32 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, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Association of Colleges Charitable Trust reported income of £314k and spending of £237k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £140k to £314k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Association of Colleges Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Altaleem Trust (£314k), Gladstone District Community Association (£314k) and Groundswell Arts (£314k).