The Food and Drink Training and Education Council Limited

Analysis

The Food and Drink Training and Education Council Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 1994, 32 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 02852984). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Food and Drink Training and Education Council Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Food and Drink Training and Education Council Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children Ahead Ltd (£1.5m), The Tonbridge School Foundation (£1.5m) and The Savoy Educational Trust (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 100%. Charitable activities took 4.5% of spending and raising funds 95%. Reserves of £301k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.