John Collings Educational Trust

Analysis

John Collings Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, John Collings Educational Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £11k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £20k to £40k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, John Collings Educational Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wollow - the World of Languages and Languages of the World (£40k), Friends of Wallands School (£40k) and 3rd East Kirkby Scout Group (£40k).