The Spalding Memorial Educational Trust

Analysis

The Spalding Memorial Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stowmarket. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Spalding Memorial Educational Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £107k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £94k to £102k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Spalding Memorial Educational Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canon Slade Trust (£102k), Reepham Pre School (£102k) and Sevenoaks Partnership of Primary Schools (£102k).