The Collins Priest Education Fund

Analysis

The Collins Priest Education Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Collins Priest Education Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £7,503, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,418 to £14k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Collins Priest Education Fund sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Burntwood Scout Group (£14k), The Army Records Society (£14k) and Friends of Hillmorton Primary School (£14k).