British Educational Research Association

Analysis

British Educational Research Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08284220). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Educational Research Association reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.6m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Educational Research Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing) (£1.6m), The Heron Educational Trust (£1.6m) and Get Further Ltd (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £187k. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.