Medeshamstede Education Trust

Analysis

Medeshamstede Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swaffham. It was registered in October 1998, 28 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 services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Medeshamstede Education Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.7m (+0.6%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Medeshamstede Education Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cccu UK (£1.7m), Lindley Educational Trust Limited (£1.7m) and Kingdom Education Limited (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 82% and donations and legacies 18%. Charitable activities took 20% of spending and raising funds 77%.