King Alfred's Educational Charity

Analysis

King Alfred's Educational Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, King Alfred's Educational Charity reported income of £22k and spending of £12k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £20k to £22k (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, King Alfred's Educational Charity sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Almshouse Charity of Thomas Huntbach and Randal Francis Tongue Croxall (£22k), Going to a Good Home (£22k) and The Petra Foundation (£22k).