The Old Broad Street Charity Trust

Analysis

The Old Broad Street Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Old Broad Street Charity Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £127k, spending 267% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £54k to £47k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 199% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Old Broad Street Charity Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zoe Sarojini Education Trust (£47k), The Croydon High School Scholarship Trust (£47k) and St Hugh's Catholic Primary School (Timperley) Parent Teacher Association (£47k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.