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Paddington Charitable Estates Educational Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 312347LondonEducation and training
Income£137k2025-12-31
Spending£113ksame year
Spent / received136%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctEducation and training
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Paddington Charitable Estates Educational Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 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 December 2025, Paddington Charitable Estates Educational Fund reported income of £137k and spending of £113k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £85k to £137k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 484%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Paddington Charitable Estates Educational Fund sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School (£137k), Broadlands Pre-School Centre (£137k) and St Christophers Playgroup (Warden Hill) (£137k).

Income and spending

£0£34k£69k£103k£137k2021 Income: £85,2662021 Spending: £76,16820212022 Income: £88,1492022 Spending: £98,25920222023 Income: £22,9112023 Spending: £90,22020232024 Income: £23,5332024 Spending: £107,12020242025 Income: £137,4002025 Spending: £113,3582025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity provides support for people under the age of 25 who are living in Paddington and who are in need of financial assistance to enable them to persue their education. The charity also makes annual grants to voluntary-aided schools in Paddington for repairs or physical alterations.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-SchoolDevon£137k
Broadlands Pre-School CentreGloucestershire£137k
St Christophers Playgroup (Warden Hill)Cheltenham£137k
Smarties Pre-School and Out of School ClubHertfordshire£137k