Educational Opportunity Foundation

Analysis

Educational Opportunity Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 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, Educational Opportunity Foundation reported income of £639k and spending of £1.0m, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £650k to £639k (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 213% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Educational Opportunity Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Teaching Awards Trust (£638k), Pippin Playgroup (£640k) and Kollel Kinyan Hashas Ltd (£636k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 96% and donations and legacies 4.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £828k. Reserves of £25.9m would cover about 294 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

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.