Rethinking Economics International

Analysis

Rethinking Economics International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. 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 services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rethinking Economics International reported income of £422k and spending of £356k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £349k to £422k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rethinking Economics International sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Etonian Trust(The) (£422k), Greenfields Childcare (£422k) and Seaham Eastlea and District Community Association (£422k).