Edge Foundation

Analysis

Edge Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1983, 43 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 01686164). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Edge Foundation reported income of £544k and spending of £1.7m, spending 317% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £655k to £544k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 280% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Edge Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Trefoil Guild (£544k), New Maranatha Christian School Trust (£545k) and The Sheila McKechnie Foundation (£543k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 85% and charitable activities 15%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £100k. Reserves of £10.5m would cover about 73 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

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.