Baker Dearing Educational Trust

Analysis

Baker Dearing Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07390138). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Baker Dearing Educational Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £898k to £1.2m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Baker Dearing Educational Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Selby District Association of Voluntary Service (£1.2m), Environmental Vision (£1.2m) and Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55% and donations and legacies 45%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Reserves of £18k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.