The TechSoup Trust

Analysis

The TechSoup Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Windsor. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05594889). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The TechSoup Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The TechSoup Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ava (Against Violence and Abuse) (£1.2m), Nicholas Chamberlaine's School Foundation (£1.2m) and The Guide Association South-West England (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 5.1%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 9.1%. Reserves of £309k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.