Seed Education Trust

Analysis

Seed Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2022, 4 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Seed Education Trust reported income of £855k and spending of £76k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £750k to £855k (+14%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 14% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Seed Education Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Citizenship Teaching (£853k), The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (£858k) and St Joseph's School Nottingham (£853k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £52k. Reserves of £13k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.