THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The advancement of education for the benefit of the public by a) making grants to schools other not for profit organisations to fund projects which seek to address low educational attainment; and b) supporting and disseminating the results of research in to ways to mitigate the factors that cause or contribute to, and successful strategies for dealing with, low educational attainment.
Latest income
£52.4m
Expenditure
£32.2m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £42.7m | £35.4m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £34.1m | £57.3m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £156m | £30.9m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £17.6m | £30.2m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £52.4m | £32.2m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £51.7m |
| Charitable activities | £0 |
| Trading | £526k |
| Investment income | £154k |
| Total income | £52.4m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £31.5m |
| Raising funds | £639k |
| Grants to institutions | £21.8m |
| Governance | £201k |
| Total expenditure | £32.2m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £197m |
| Total funds | £204m |
| — restricted | £5.8m |
| — unrestricted | £198m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £204m |
| Cash | £889k |
People
| Employees | 107 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How it works
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.