Alder Bridge Association for Steiner-Waldorf Education

Analysis

Alder Bridge Association for Steiner-Waldorf Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 1987, 39 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 02158586). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Alder Bridge Association for Steiner-Waldorf Education reported income of £691k and spending of £324k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £324k to £691k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 2397%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Alder Bridge Association for Steiner-Waldorf Education 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Social Research Association (£690k), Project Challenge (£691k) and Heathrow Community Initiative (£688k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from . Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.3%.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.