The Dedham Educational Foundation

Analysis

The Dedham Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dedham Educational Foundation reported income of £23k and spending of £26k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £235k to £23k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Dedham Educational Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% 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 Ashfield University of the Third Age (£23k), Reading School Parents' Association (£23k) and Carswell Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£23k).