Methodist Academies and Schools Trust

Analysis

Methodist Academies and Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2015, 11 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 07881901). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Methodist Academies and Schools Trust reported income of £97k and spending of £215k, spending 221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £181k to £97k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 315%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Methodist Academies and Schools Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodlands Childcare (£97k), Rare Charity (£97k) and Newstead Road Playgroup (£97k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.