Thetford Educational Foundation Trust

Analysis

Thetford Educational Foundation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thetford. It was registered in July 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Thetford Educational Foundation Trust reported income of £79k and spending of £97k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £79k to £79k (-0.7%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Thetford Educational Foundation Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brierley Playmates (£79k), Solihull School Parent's Association (£79k) and Wigan District Scout Council (£79k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.