The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Educational Opportunity Foundation

Registered charity 314286 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

4
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 12General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 4Other services 3Professional services 3

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£639k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

4 from 3 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.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteeducationalopportunity.org.uk
Phone07356007655
AddressCanopi, 82 Tanner Street, LONDON, SE1 3GN

Finances

£639,491 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£649,678£1,142,258
2022£679,665£1,336,955
2023£620,437£1,614,538
2024£625,565£1,710,089
2025£639,491£1,041,066

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTS, IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE AIM OF THE SOCIETY HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN TO DEVELOP THE THE PHYSICAL, MORAL AND MENTAL NATURE OF THE PUPILS HISTORICALLY IN ITS OWN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES BY GIVING THE BEST SECULAR INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING, BY USING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES WITHOUT ANY CATECHISM OR FORMERLY DISTINCTIVE OF ANY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION, AND MORE RECENTLY IN OTHER WAYS AND IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 31/05/1906AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 21/07/1999AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 08/10/2014AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 21 FEB 2024

Trustees (12)

12trustees
66median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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