Ermine Education Trust

Analysis

Ermine Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Standon. It was registered in July 1997, 29 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, Ermine Education Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £3.1m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ermine Education Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maritime + Engineering College North West (£3.1m), The Thomson Foundation (£3.1m) and The Royal Grammar School Educational Trust (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 77% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 19% of spending and raising funds 79%.