Sentencing Academy

Analysis

Sentencing Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sentencing Academy reported income of £413k and spending of £212k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £88k to £413k (+369%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sentencing Academy sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harper Adams University Development Trust (£412k), Whiteley Pre-School (£413k) and The Pda Society (£412k).