Enthuse Charitable Trust

Analysis

Enthuse Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 2008, 18 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Enthuse Charitable Trust reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.6m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £3.8m to £3.4m (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Enthuse Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basis (Registration) Limited (£3.4m), St Christopher's the Hall School, Limited (£3.4m) and St Olave's School Trust (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £910k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.

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.