The Rapid Training & Education Centre

Analysis

The Rapid Training & Education Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03178738). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rapid Training & Education Centre reported income of £14k and spending of £6,859, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £14k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Rapid Training & Education Centre sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clophill United Charities (£14k), Bedford Physical Education Old Students' Association (£14k) and The Providence Charity (£14k).