Skinners' Education Foundation

Analysis

Skinners' Education Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Skinners' Education Foundation reported income of £2.6m and spending of £708k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £2.6m (-18%), an average of -9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 583%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Skinners' Education Foundation 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 The London Trust for Trinity College Dublin (£2.6m), Greenbank School Limited (£2.6m) and Teesside University Students' Union (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £188k. Reserves of £308k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.