London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Commercial Education Trust

Analysis

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Commercial Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02419257). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Commercial Education Trust reported income of £246k and spending of £330k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £165k to £246k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Commercial Education Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Skills Education Charity (£242k), Ashford Borough Citizens Advice (£246k) and The Women's Farm and Garden Association (£242k).

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.