The Preston Educational Foundation

Analysis

The Preston Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Preston Educational Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £10k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,860 to £11k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Preston Educational Foundation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bonneygrove PTA (£11k), Friends of Welford on Avon Primary School (£11k) and The Trottiscliffe School Association (£11k).