Wine and Spirit Education Trust

Analysis

Wine and Spirit Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1969, 57 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 00964179). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Wine and Spirit Education Trust reported income of £22.7m and spending of £21.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £16.2m to £22.7m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wine and Spirit Education Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The College of Saint Mary of Winchester in Oxford, Commonly Called New College (£22.6m), St Helen's School, Northwood (£22.8m) and The Aldenham Foundation (£22.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 2.7% and trading 2.0%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.2%. Reserves of £4.1m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 183 people.