Medway Education Trust

Analysis

Medway Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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, Medway Education Trust reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.8m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £2.3m (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Medway 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 Prisoners Education Trust (£2.3m), Highfield Priory School Limited (£2.3m) and Seaton House School Limited (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 99%. Charitable activities took 13% of spending and raising funds 87%.