London College of Business Studies

Analysis

London College of Business Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05889034). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, London College of Business Studies reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £290k to £1.9m (+565%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 404%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, London College of Business Studies sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (£1.9m), Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education Trust (£1.9m) and The Directory of Social Change (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.