The Ena Makin Educational Trust

Analysis

The Ena Makin Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sevenoaks. It was registered in March 1966, 60 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 00865624). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ena Makin Educational Trust reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £3.5m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ena Makin Educational Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alleyn Court Educational Trust (£3.5m), Building Crafts College (£3.5m) and University of Exeter Students' Guild (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, investments 1.6% and trading 1.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.