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Building Heroes Education Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1158886Lowfield HeathEducation and training
Income£806k2025-07-31
Spending£811ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause93rd pctEducation and training
Registered2014CIO
Employees16latest return

Analysis

Building Heroes Education Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lowfield Heath. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Building Heroes Education Foundation reported income of £806k and spending of £811k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £424k to £806k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Building Heroes Education Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust (£804k), Friends of Hec Charitable Trust (£806k) and Swindon Mentoring and Self Help Youth Project (£804k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67% and donations and legacies 33%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Reserves of £41k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

Income and spending

£0£204k£408k£612k£816k2021 Income: £423,9482021 Spending: £460,28220212022 Income: £694,0182022 Spending: £743,46920222023 Income: £696,0432023 Spending: £684,35220232024 Income: £816,3692024 Spending: £722,47220242025 Income: £805,5712025 Spending: £810,6112025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 33%
  • Charitable activities 67%
  • Investments 0.1%

In the charity's own words

BUILDING HEROES WAS FORMED WITH THE VISION OF PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION SKILLS, EMPLOYABILITY TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE TO YOUNG UNEMPLOYED ADULTS AND MILITARY VETERANS, WORKING SIDE BY SIDE

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CharityLocationIncome
Nuffield Farming Scholarships TrustSomerset£804k
Friends of Hec Charitable Trust43 Parker Street£806k
Swindon Mentoring and Self Help Youth ProjectSwindon£804k
Villiers Park Educational TrustCambridge£806k