Global Schools Forum

Analysis

Global Schools Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2021, 5 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 13076524). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Global Schools Forum reported income of £2.8m and spending of £3.0m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.8m (+96%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Global Schools Forum 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 University of Derby Students' Union (£2.7m), National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (£2.8m) and Wembley Educational Charitable Trust (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £952k. Reserves of £422k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.