The Lift and Escalator Symposium Educational Trust

Analysis

The Lift and Escalator Symposium Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Missenden. It was registered in January 2017, 9 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 makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lift and Escalator Symposium Educational Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £5,533, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,874 to £10k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2829%. Over the whole period it spent 9.2% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Lift and Escalator Symposium Educational Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Richmond Scout Group (£10k), The Lantern Learning Trust (Inner City North, Leeds) (£10k) and Friends of Eardisley School (£10k).