Holocaust Educational Trust

Analysis

Holocaust Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2002, 24 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 04207020). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holocaust Educational Trust reported income of £4.9m and spending of £5.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £4.9m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Holocaust Educational Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingshott School Trust Limited (£4.9m), Bickley Park School Ltd (£4.9m) and Dame Alice Owen's Foundation (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, trading 29%, donations and legacies 11% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £11k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.