The Inner Circle Educational Trust

Analysis

The Inner Circle Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1985, 41 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 01791760). It says it makes grants to individuals and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Inner Circle Educational Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £191k, spending 395% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £788k to £48k (-94%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 621% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Inner Circle Educational Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Carmel (£48k), Elham Pre-School (£48k) and The Midland Institute of Otorhinolaryngology (£48k).