Beechwood Education Trust

Analysis

Beechwood Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 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, Beechwood Education Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £98k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £55k to £70k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Beechwood Education Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Quest Trust (£70k), Thorley U3a (£70k) and 1st Rickmansworth and Chorleywood Scout Group (£70k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.