Woolf Institute

Analysis

Woolf Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03540878). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Woolf Institute reported income of £835k and spending of £1.3m, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £878k to £835k (-4.9%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Woolf Institute sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (£835k), Elite Supported Employment Agency Limited (£839k) and The Benson and Lionel Black Charitable Trust (£834k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, investments 23% and charitable activities 17%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £175k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.