Education Development Trust

Registered charity 270901 Registered since 1976

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico

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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

Anne Catherine Tutt since 2024
Edward Muchemi Wambugu since 2022
Jonathan Simons since 2019
Joy Louise Hutcheon since 2019
Nimal Jude Hemelge since 2022
Tanya Barron since 2019

5.2y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Jonathan Simons since 2019
Joy Louise Hutcheon since 2019
Tanya Barron since 2019

12.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

Jonathan Simons since 2019
Tanya Barron since 2019

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

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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Topsham Education Trust 1 shared trustee
Affinity Trust 1 shared trustee
Salata Family Foundation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Mill Hill School Foundation Similar size; both Education
Sherborne Schools Group Similar size; both Education
The Dean Close Foundation Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://www.educationdevelopmenttrust.com/
Email	corpgov@educationdevelopmenttrust.com
Phone	01189021000
Address	Education Development Trust, Highbridge House, 16-18 Duke Street, READING, RG1 4RU

Finances

£73,836,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£66,558,000	£66,540,000
2022	£89,070,000	£85,797,000
2023	£91,177,000	£90,393,000
2024	£80,338,000	£80,109,000
2025	£73,836,000	£75,264,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

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

Trustees (6)

6trustees

59median age

2aged 70+

Anne Catherine Tuttage band 70-74 since 2024
Edward Muchemi Wambuguage band 55-59 since 2022
Jonathan Simonsage band 40-44 since 2019
Joy Louise Hutcheonage band 60-64 since 2019
Nimal Jude Hemelgeage band 50-54 since 2022
Tanya Barronage band 70-74 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Education Development Trust · 00867944 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/12/1965

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

Topsham Education Trust 1 shared trustee
Affinity Trust 1 shared trustee
Salata Family Foundation 1 shared trustee

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