Antiquarian Booksellers Association Educational Trust

Analysis

Antiquarian Booksellers Association Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2010, 16 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, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Antiquarian Booksellers Association Educational Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £4,649, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,718 to £21k (+341%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 292%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Antiquarian Booksellers Association Educational Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elmbridge Primary School PTFA (£21k), Manchester Outdoor Education Trust (£21k) and Al- Hera Foundation for Poor Children (£21k).