The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts 'adopt a School' Trust

Analysis

The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts 'adopt a School' Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 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 04144824). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts 'adopt a School' Trust reported income of £326k and spending of £299k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £211k to £326k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts 'adopt a School' Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pettman (Classical Music) Foundation (£325k), Boughton Monchelsea Playgroup Association (£326k) and Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship Limited (£325k).