Herries Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Herries Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in March 2001, 25 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 01210471). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Herries Educational Trust Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.6m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. 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, Herries Educational Trust Limited 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 Pestalozzi International (£1.6m), The Difference Education Ltd (£1.6m) and The Resource Alliance Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.