St Cedd's School Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

St Cedd's School Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in October 1964, 62 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 00795895). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Cedd's School Educational Trust Limited reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.4m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £4.7m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Cedd's School 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 Institute of Leadership (£4.7m), Priory School Edgbaston Trustees Limited (£4.8m) and Westbourne School Trust Limited (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 1.6% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £260k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 94 people.