Pact Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Pact Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1996, 30 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 03166207). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pact Educational Trust Limited reported income of £7.1m and spending of £8.7m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £7.1m (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pact Educational Trust Limited 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 CGD Europe (£7.1m), The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford (£7.2m) and St Edward's School (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 103 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.