Birkbeck and William Ellis Schools Trust

Analysis

Birkbeck and William Ellis Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2004, 22 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 04517407). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birkbeck and William Ellis Schools Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £102k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £52k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 4251%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Birkbeck and William Ellis Schools Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Land Economy Advisory Board (£52k), Cylch Meithrin a Chylch Ti a Fi Penybontfawr (£52k) and 20th Walsall (St. Margaret's Great Barr) Scout Group (£52k).