The Alderley Edge Institute Trust

Analysis

The Alderley Edge Institute Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Alderley Edge Institute Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £41k, spending 229% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £18k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 306% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Alderley Edge Institute Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Green Village Hall (£18k), Gambian Projects Overseas (£18k) and The Needham Market Community Council (£18k).

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.