The Trefoil Guild

Analysis

The Trefoil Guild is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Trefoil Guild reported income of £544k and spending of £475k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £341k to £544k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Trefoil Guild sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sheila McKechnie Foundation (£543k), Edge Foundation (£544k) and Learn English at Home (£540k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £80k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £668k would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.