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Education Development Trust

Education Development Trust is a registered charity (number 270901) based in Reading, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £74m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Cfbt, Cfbt Education Services (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £74m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei and more
Website
www.educationdevelopmenttrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Education Development Trust
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£74m£75m
  • 2024£80m£80m
  • 2023£91m£90m
Earlier years
  • 2022£89m£86m
  • 2021£67m£67m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 40% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITTO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT

Grants received

2 grants · £19,601 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.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,601 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6472015-06-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9542013-07-18
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

5.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

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 6Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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 15Health and social care 5Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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£73.8m 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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 29.4 in 2021

1062 from 1096 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.
54%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
270901
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/12/1965AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 14/11/2013 AND 30/05/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/01/2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 SEP 2017 as amended on 20 May 2021 as amended on 09 May 2024
Companies House
Company number 00867944 · Active
Contact on the register
01189021000 · corpgov@educationdevelopmenttrust.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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