THE ECONOMIST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1147661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity enables high-quality discussions about the news in, and between, schools. These discussions develop young people's knowledge of current affairs, critical thinking, literacy and confidence. The Charity supports these discussions by providing teacher training and resources, news content and online discussion platforms.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation incurred a deficit of £53,166 for the year ended March 31, 2025, despite an increase in total income to £940,039. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £385,174, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months of staff expenditure valued at £385,174. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Economist Educational Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Eranda Rothschild Foundation — “The Eranda Rothschild Foundation is our founding funder. They have supported us from working with 180 children in 2013 to over one million c…” (source page)
• The Portal Trust — “The Portal Trust supports us to run the Topical Talk Festival.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 13.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT RUSSELL SINCLAIR GUESTchair
• Ashwin Ashok Tirodkar
• Binal Harshad Patel
• Kikelomo Teresa Grace Agunbiade · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Brown
• Lucy Gwendoline Ashman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.