The Aldenham Foundation Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aldenham Foundation Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Borehamwood. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Aldenham Foundation Charitable Trust reported income of £80k and spending of £16k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £133k to £80k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Aldenham Foundation Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hyde Pre-School (£80k), Coaley Village Playgroup (£80k) and High Polymer Research Group (£80k).