Villiers Park Educational Trust

Analysis

Villiers Park Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11443649). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Villiers Park Educational Trust reported income of £806k and spending of £1.1m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £806k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Villiers Park Educational Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hec Charitable Trust (£806k), Talmud Torah Tiferes Shlome Trust (£806k) and Building Heroes Education Foundation (£806k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, investments 14% and charitable activities 5.6%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £210k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.