African Childrens Educational Trust

Analysis

African Childrens Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, African Childrens Educational Trust reported income of £111k and spending of £45k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £54k to £111k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, African Childrens Educational Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music for My Mind (£111k), Victoria Convalescent Trust (£111k) and Winshill Neighbourhood Resource Centre (£110k).