Berkshire Outdoor Education Trust Limited

Analysis

Berkshire Outdoor Education Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in May 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01552523). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Berkshire Outdoor Education Trust Limited reported income of £28k and spending of £29k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £28k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Berkshire Outdoor Education Trust Limited sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilburton Out of School Club (£28k), Cromer Road School Parents Association (£28k) and The Investment Managers' Charitable Trust (£28k).

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.