Tamar Education Trust

Analysis

Tamar Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in June 1996, 30 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 provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tamar Education Trust reported income of £1.0m and spending of £650k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £563k to £1.0m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 646%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Tamar Education Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creativity Works Preston (£1.0m), Stanford Foundation (UK) Limited (£1.0m) and Sawston Childcare Limited (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 62%, donations and legacies 37% and charitable activities 1.2%. Charitable activities took 2.8% of spending and raising funds 96%.