Educating the Children

Analysis

Educating the Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07168118). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Educating the Children reported income of £23k and spending of £21k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £14k to £23k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Educating the Children sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springaid International Development UK (£23k), Feed the Community (£23k) and John Tripp, or the Blue Coat Charity (£23k).