EDGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 286621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSINESS AND TECHNICIAN EDUCATION COUNCIL, BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION COUNCIL, EDEXCEL FOUNDATION

Dedicated to raising the status of technical, practical and vocational learning. Edge believes that 'learning by doing' should be valued equally with academic learning and that all learners should experience a mix of both.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.08m for the year, driven by expenditure of £1.7m against income of £0.5m, though this was partially offset by investment gains. The trustees confirm that current resources provide sufficient financial strength to withstand a significant downturn, and the auditor found no material uncertainties regarding the charity'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 audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~73.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (85% 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: 13.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elaine Ann Lilley MBEchair
• Amma Anderson
• Andrew Lloyd Stevens · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charles Russell Rollason
• Christopher Andrew Winch
• PAULINE YVETTE DANIYAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker
• Professor Dame Alison Margaret Peacock · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rebecca Joanne Garrod-Waters · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Robert Hatcher
• Toby Sebastien Clark

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION.

• THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION income £20.4m
• THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT income £259k
• THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £378k
• The Edge Ministries income £318k
• CHILDREN ON THE EDGE income £1.9m
• WATERS EDGE ARTS LTD income £441k

Side by side with its peers

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