Horlock Educational Trust

Analysis

Horlock Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in December 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 January 2025, Horlock Educational Trust reported income of £281k and spending of £408k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £4,878 to £281k (+5660%), an average of +176% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 203513%. Over the whole period it spent 16% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Horlock Educational Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Briary Pre-School (£281k), St John's Nursery Group (£282k) and Devon Schools Leadership Services CIO (£280k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.