Reading Education Trust

Analysis

Reading Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Steventon. It was registered in August 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Reading Education Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.1m (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Reading 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 Brownberrie Education Trust (£1.0m), Irshad Trust (£1.1m) and Yss (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 91%, donations and legacies 4.8% and investments 3.4%. Charitable activities took 33% of spending and raising funds 64%.