CITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND

Registered charity 290840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ADVANCE THE OBJECTS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OR ANY SUCH OBJECTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED TO SAID UNIVERSITY, AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND COMMERCE BY PROMOTING RESEARCH STUDY TEACHING AND TRAINING IN BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS.

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Latest income

£134k

Latest spending

£3.7m

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations, with total funds decreasing by 80% to £850,005 as it spends its expendable endowment. The charity holds no free reserves, relying on its remaining endowment to cover working capital needs and planned grant commitments until its closure in 2027/28.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At 31 March 2025, the charity no longer holds any free reserves but is using its expendable endowment funds as planned.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

CITY OF LONDON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£134k	£3.7m
31/03/2024	£140k	£683k
31/03/2023	£71k	£79k
31/03/2022	£206k	£8k
31/03/2021	£156k	£2k

Common questions

Is CITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations, with total funds decreasing by 80% to £850,005 as it spends its expendable endowment. The charity holds no free reserves, relying on its remaining endowment to cover working capital needs and planned grant commitments until its closure in 2027/28. Its FY2025 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
BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL UK	1	£72k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED.

STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £274k
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST income £3.1m
GLOUCESTER CIVIC TRUST LIMITED income £228k
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS' GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FUND income £117k
TRAINING AND RESEARCH GLOBAL EDUCATION TRUST income £280k
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST income £246k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND	£134k	—	below	—	no doubt
STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£274k	—	unclear	—	noted
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£3.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTER CIVIC TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£228k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS' GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FUND FY2025	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRAINING AND RESEARCH GLOBAL EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£280k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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