Farney Educational Trust

Analysis

Farney Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haywards Heath. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Farney Educational Trust reported income of £5.8m and spending of £4.9m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.6m to £5.8m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Farney Educational Trust 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 Birtenshaw Merseyside (£5.8m), The Downs School (Charlton House) Limited (£5.8m) and Kennedy Independent School Trust Limited (£5.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 83 people.