The Savoy Educational Trust

Analysis

The Savoy Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Savoy Educational Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.9m, spending 197% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.4m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 189% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Savoy Educational Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include English Speaking Board (International) Limited (£1.4m), Children Ahead Ltd (£1.5m) and Charlotte House School Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £66.1m would cover about 272 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.