EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 314286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY

The Foundation seeks to enhance the lives of people throughout the world by promoting the advancement of opportunity for education, that is the physical, intellectual, moral, religious and spiritual development of the whole person regardless of ethnicity, nationality or religious belief. It makes grants for educational projects principally to organisations and institutions.

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Latest income

£639k

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £25,882,013 and reports a net surplus of £202,797 for the year. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient investment assets to cover future expenditure. The charity does not engage in public fundraising, relying instead on investment income to support its charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Janice Miller, a trustee, is CEO of Kidasha which received a grant.

“Janice Miller, a trustee of Educational Opportunity Foundation, is the CEO of Kidasha. During the year Kidasha was awarded a conditional grant payable over two years of which £15,000 has been paid in 2025.” — page 27

“Educational Opportunity Foundation bought in accountancy services from Godfrey Wilson which cost £6,678 (2024: £8,160).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Accountancy services purchased from Godfrey Wilson.

“Janice Miller, a trustee of Educational Opportunity Foundation, is the CEO of Kidasha. During the year Kidasha was awarded a conditional grant payable over two years of which £15,000 has been paid in 2025.” — page 27

“Educational Opportunity Foundation bought in accountancy services from Godfrey Wilson which cost £6,678 (2024: £8,160).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Begbies Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£639k

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£19k

Reserves (reported)

£25.9m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (96% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JANE CREASYchair
Annette Foster · trustee of 2 other charities
Anood Al-Samerai
Charlotte Cashman
David Crowther
Janice Miller · trustee of 1 other charity
Jeanette Brady
Kerry Dinnie
Nicholas Tesseyman
Richard Thurston
Robert Spencer
Saurav Tamang

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£639k	£1.0m
31/12/2024	£626k	£1.7m
31/12/2023	£620k	£1.6m
31/12/2022	£680k	£1.3m
31/12/2021	£650k	£1.1m

Common questions

Is EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £25,882,013 and reports a net surplus of £202,797 for the year. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient investment assets to cover future expenditure. The charity does not engage in public fundraising, relying instead on investment income to support its charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Begbies Chartered Accountants.

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 YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2.2m
THE ROSELINE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£674k
THE VARDY FOUNDATION	1	£615k
CRODA FOUNDATION	1	£399k
THE HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£228k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£173k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£157k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT.

THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT income £259k
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION income £52.4m
THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE income £133k
THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION income £20.4m
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK income £184k
FOUNDATION OF LIGHT income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	£639k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FY2025	£259k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION FY2025	£52.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION FY2025	£20.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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