THE REED EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 328347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Reed Educational Trust provides residential and non-residential accredited professional accountancy, financial and developmental courses, nurturing the developing careers of student professionals.

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,187,871, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of covering annual expenditure. The trustees have adopted the going concern basis, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Miscellaneous sales and other income (99% of income)

“Income comprises donations received, and gains on the disposal of the subsidiary in the year.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted funds to cover the annual expenditure within the Trust based upon the latest financial statements (held: £3.2m)

“Based on this the Trustees aim to hold sufficient unrestricted funds to cover the annual expenditure within the Trust based upon the latest financial statements.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Disposal of subsidiary and fixed assets to Reed Global Limited for £2,629,352 total consideration (£1,029,352 for investment, £1,600,000 for fixed assets). James Reed, a trustee, has a material interest in Reed Global Limited.

“On 13 April 2025, the Charitable Company disposed of its investment in its subsidiary, Reed Business School, to Reed Global Limited for consideration of £1,029,352. The fixed assets were also sold to Reed Global as part of this transactions for consideration of £1,600,000. The sale was conducted at arm’s length and approved by both the Board of Trustees and the Charity Commission.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£70k

Reserves (reported)

£3.2m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

James Reedchair
ASAD FAZAL NOORANI
Alexandra Fenn
JANET LINDA WESTON
PETER GORDON GREEN
STELLA SHAW
Sophia Charlotte Maynell

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£2.0m	£70k
30/06/2024	£3.5m	£3.6m
31/12/2022	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/12/2021	£2.1m	£1.9m
31/12/2020	£2.1m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is THE REED EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,187,871, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of covering annual expenditure. The trustees have adopted the going concern basis, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.

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 DOOUSS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£40k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION	1	£2k
CLASSICS FOR ALL	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE REED FOUNDATION income £2.3m
THE CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £297k
FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £589k
Greenacre Trust Limited income £1.6m
EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST income £2.0m
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST income £260k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE REED EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED	£2.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REED FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£297k	—	above	—	no doubt
FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£589k	—	below	—	noted
Greenacre Trust Limited FY2025	£1.6m	—	above	—	no doubt
EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£2.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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