The Certified Accountants Educational Trust

Analysis

The Certified Accountants Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glasgow. It was registered in January 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Certified Accountants Educational Trust reported income of £297k and spending of £82k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £297k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Certified Accountants Educational Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Association of Virtual School Heads (£297k), Insulation Environmental Training Trust Ltd (£297k) and The Willow Set Pre-School (£297k).