The a and E Education Trust

Analysis

The a and E Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The a and E Education Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £26k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £16k to £17k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The a and E Education Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forty Foot Village Association (£17k), C T and H E Robinson Charitable Trust for the Carib and Lokono Arawak Indians (£17k) and Rotary Club of Derby South Trust Fund (£17k).

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.