Opportunity Through Education

Analysis

Opportunity Through Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Opportunity Through Education reported income of £56k and spending of £53k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £32k to £56k (+72%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Opportunity Through Education sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Naik Trust (£56k), Gwinear-Gwithian Sustainable Community Fund (£56k) and Brighton Peace and Environment Centre (£56k).