Old Buckenham Hall (Brettenham) Educational Trust Ltd

Analysis

Old Buckenham Hall (Brettenham) Educational Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in June 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 00910421). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2024, Old Buckenham Hall (Brettenham) Educational Trust Ltd reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.4m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2020 to August 2024, income grew from £3.6m to £4.2m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 37%. 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, Old Buckenham Hall (Brettenham) Educational Trust Ltd 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 Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust (£4.2m), Cbuk26 (£4.2m) and AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 86 people.