THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1119647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CET's purpose is to advance primary and secondary education across the Commonwealth with a strong focus on teacher professional development. It encourages innovation and shares best practice from across the Commonwealth to assist teachers and young people develop the understanding and skills to contribute to the development of sustainable communities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS ("THE COMMONWEALTH")

Area of benefit: THE COMMONWEALTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£239k

Latest spending

£155k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £83,246 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £189,332. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month's operating costs (held: £189k)

“The long-term objective is to settle at a level of unrestricted reserves equal to six month's operating costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Commonwealth Education Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

The Commonwealth Education Trust Limited

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Australia · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Botswana · Brunei · Cameroon · Canada · Cyprus · Dominica · Eswatini

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£239k	£155k
31/12/2023	£84k	£154k
31/12/2022	£241k	£153k
31/12/2021	£165k	£204k
31/12/2020	£52k	£285k

Common questions

Is THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £83,246 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £189,332. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST	1	£1.0m
MISSION44	1	£741k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£250k
THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION	1	£200k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£150k
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION	1	£91k
THE APAX FOUNDATION	1	£81k
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET).

UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET) income £522k
ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES income £8.1m
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST income £3.1m
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £73.8m
CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £200k
THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST	£239k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET) FY2025	£522k	£90,001 - £100,000	—	below	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES FY2025	£8.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£3.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£73.8m	£210,000 - £219,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£200k	—	0	above	—	not going concern

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.