Social Workers Educational Trust

Analysis

Social Workers Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Social Workers Educational Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £60k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2024, income grew from £30k to £34k (+17%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Social Workers Educational Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Thornton (£34k), Friends of The Holt School (£35k) and Gravesend, Northfleet&district University of the Third Age (U3a) (£34k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.