The Geographical Association

Analysis

The Geographical Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in March 2010, 16 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 07139068). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Geographical Association reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £954k to £1.2m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Geographical Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nicholas Chamberlaine's School Foundation (£1.2m), Icaew Foundation (£1.2m) and The TechSoup Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, trading 6.8% and investments 3.9%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

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.