The Frewen Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

The Frewen Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rye. It was registered in April 1968, 58 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 00924280). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Frewen Educational Trust Limited reported income of £4.8m and spending of £4.4m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £4.8m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Frewen Educational Trust Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thurlow Educational Trust (£4.8m), Longridge Towers School (£4.8m) and University of Westminster Students' Union (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 people.