The Bunac Educational Scholarship Trust

Analysis

The Bunac Educational Scholarship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Bunac Educational Scholarship Trust reported income of £69k and spending of £88k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £55k to £69k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bunac Educational Scholarship Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lady Margaret School PTA (£69k), In-Comm Training & Manufacturing Group (£69k) and 1st Hardingstone Scout Group (£69k).

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.