Collins Educational Trust

Analysis

Collins Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Frome. It was registered in May 2006, 20 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 June 2025, Collins Educational Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £79k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £49k to £57k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Collins Educational Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ferens Education Trust (£57k), Ieuenctid Tysul Youth (£57k) and Cylch Meithrin Llechyfedach (£57k).