Selden Society

Analysis

Selden Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Selden Society reported income of £119k and spending of £133k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £104k to £119k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Selden Society sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanddulas Playgroup Nursery (£119k), Treuddyn Under 5's (£119k) and Poppets Pre-School (Little Wakering) (£119k).