The Open University Students' Educational Trust

Analysis

The Open University Students' Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in August 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Open University Students' Educational Trust reported income of £114k and spending of £259k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £122k to £114k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Open University Students' Educational Trust 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beaminster Preschool Limited (£114k), Ignite Hubs (£114k) and Margaret Lloyd Playgroup (£114k).