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The Economist Educational Foundation

3. OBJECTS3.1 The objects of the Charity are to advance the education of children and young people for the public benefit in such ways as the Trustees think fit, and in particular (but without limitation) by: (a) providing educational experiences...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £940k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
economistfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Economist Educational Foundation
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£940k£993k
  • 2024£897k£790k
  • 2023£695k£724k
Earlier years
  • 2022£665k£498k
  • 2021£598k£393k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTS3.1 The objects of the Charity are to advance the education of children and young people for the public benefit in such ways as the Trustees think fit, and in particular (but without limitation) by: (a) providing educational experiences for children and young people, in particular those who are socially and economically disadvantaged; and (b) producing and making available educational materials about current affairs, key world events, business and finance, science and technology, culture and such other areas as the Trustees think fit; and (save for purposes incidental and ancillary to those objects), no other purposes.

Grants received

7 grants · £194,461 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£940k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 12.9 in 2021

15 from 7 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1147661
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 JAN 2012 as amended on 30 Aug 2019
Companies House
Company number 07927534 · Active
Contact on the register
02075768000 · floraletanka@economist.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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