Ethiopia Education Aid

Analysis

Ethiopia Education Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Totnes. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ethiopia Education Aid reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £16k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ethiopia Education Aid 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 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Karuri School Project Trust (£16k), The Henderson Charity (£16k) and The Rivers Christian Worship Centre Church of All Nations (£16k).