NEW LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1142105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BK EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Education & Associated Services

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES AND WORKSHOPS, ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BY DEVELOPING, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESSES AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BY THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS AND, INSOFAR AS IT IS INCIDENTAL OR ANCILLARY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, TO CARRY OUT SUCH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION. 3. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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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Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£569k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £468,431 for the year, resulting in unrestricted fund balances falling to a deficit of £138,004. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, despite the significant drop in income from £1.18 million to £100,908. The charity's reserves policy targets maintaining three to six months of expenditure, but the actual unrestricted reserves are currently negative.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £-138k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds, which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rental costs incurred for property owned by a family member of Director Sujani Baddam.
“The property is owned by a family member of the Director, Sujani Baddam. The charity incurred rental costs of £90,000 (2023: £90,000) during the year.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Training Innovators Limited
“Training Innovators Limited (registered office: Sceptre House, 75-81 Staines Road, Hounslow, London TW3 3HW) is a dormant company purchased by the Trust on 13 July 2018. Its shares are held by New London Educational Trust (NLET).” — page 7
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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£330k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£101k£569k
31/12/2023£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2022£2.1m£2.1m
31/12/2021£1.9m£2.2m
31/12/2020£2.5m£2.5m

Common questions

Is NEW LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £468,431 for the year, resulting in unrestricted fund balances falling to a deficit of £138,004. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, despite the significant drop in income from £1.18 million to £100,908. The charity's reserves policy targets maintaining three to six months of expenditure, but the actual unrestricted reserves are currently negative. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2020£210kApprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
UK government01/04/2020£1.0mApprenticeships Participation 18+
UK government01/04/2020£39kLoans Bursary

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED1£7.9m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST£101k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD FY2025£59.1m—0unclear—no doubt
N D EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
LONDON EDUCATION TRUST FY2024£231k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£474k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD FY2024£4.6m——above—noted

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