The Inns of Court and the Bar Educational Trust

Analysis

The Inns of Court and the Bar Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Inns of Court and the Bar Educational Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £117k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £59k to £53k (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 210% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Inns of Court and the Bar Educational Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni (£53k), Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Ynys MÔN (Anglesey Young Farmers Clubs) (£53k) and Sunningdale School Development Fund (£53k).

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.