Unlocked Graduates

Analysis

Unlocked Graduates is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2020, 6 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 company (Companies House number 11448853). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Unlocked Graduates reported income of £3.3m and spending of £2.9m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £4.0m to £3.3m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Unlocked Graduates sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thirtyone:eight (£3.3m), Antur Waunfawr (£3.3m) and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £598k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.