The Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust

Analysis

The Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £27k, spending 246% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £13k to £11k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 388% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Powick School (£11k), Rydon County Primary School Parents Association (£11k) and The Friends of Sedgefield Hardwick School (£11k).

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.