Boards for Education

Analysis

Boards for Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Runcorn. It was registered in November 1999, 27 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 03879854). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Boards for Education reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.6m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Boards for Education 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ludgrove School Foundation (£1.6m), Ukrainian History Global Initiative (£1.6m) and Oxford Brookes Students Union Ltd (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 6.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £558k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.