The Ermine Street Guard

Analysis

The Ermine Street Guard is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in June 2019, 7 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 provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Ermine Street Guard reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £12k to £17k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ermine Street Guard sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willington Scout Group (£17k), Steventon School Association (£17k) and Blackboys CE School PTA (£17k).