Council for Learning Outside the Classroom

Analysis

Council for Learning Outside the Classroom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06778701). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Council for Learning Outside the Classroom reported income of £194k and spending of £214k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £132k to £194k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 70%. 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, Council for Learning Outside the Classroom sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alanbrooke Nursery (£194k), The Association for Language Learning (£194k) and Relationship and Family Therapy (RAFT) Ltd (£194k).