The Centre for Specialist Educational Assistance

Analysis

The Centre for Specialist Educational Assistance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancs. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03228893). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Centre for Specialist Educational Assistance reported income of £159k and spending of £135k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £94k to £159k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Centre for Specialist Educational Assistance sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Protege Dna (£159k), Home-Start West Somerset (£159k) and Arrow District Scout Council (£159k).