Aspen Institute UK

Analysis

Aspen Institute UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in December 2019, 7 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 11029944). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Aspen Institute UK reported income of £321k and spending of £278k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £412k to £321k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Aspen Institute UK sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manup? (£320k), The Education Renaissance Trust (£321k) and Home-Start Hillingdon (£320k).