Papplewick Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Papplewick Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ascot. It was registered in October 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 00826017). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Papplewick Educational Trust Limited reported income of £6.7m and spending of £5.9m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £6.7m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Papplewick 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 The Common Purpose Charitable Trust (£6.7m), Brighton Youth Centre (£6.7m) and The Ditcham Park School Charity Association (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 3.5% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 75 people.