The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust

Analysis

The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £287k, spending 282% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £102k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 2759%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group (£101k), The Lugden Hill Trust (£102k) and Cambrian Heritage Railways Limited (£101k).