The Ecole Polytechnique Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ecole Polytechnique Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 1 Seagrave Road. It was registered in December 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 Ecole Polytechnique Charitable Trust reported income of £883k and spending of £1.0m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £333k to £883k (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 464%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ecole Polytechnique Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kenora Charitable Foundation (£883k), Ivison Trust (£891k) and Scoutscymru (£882k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £974k.