Sceptre Education

Analysis

Sceptre Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sceptre Education reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.5m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £3.3m (+7.0%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sceptre Education 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 Screen Academy Foundation (£3.3m), The Social Mobility Foundation (£3.3m) and The British Friends of Migdal Ohr (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 93%, charitable activities 4.9% and donations and legacies 2.3%. Charitable activities took 13% of spending and raising funds 86%.