Idpe

Analysis

Idpe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2003, 23 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 03761777). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Idpe reported income of £549k and spending of £597k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £367k to £549k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. 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, Idpe sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chinuch UK Limited (£547k), Eastwood Neighbourhood Nursery CIO (£550k) and Vipassana Trust (Dhamma Sukhakari) (£546k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and trading 10.0%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Reserves of £198k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.