# EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 314286
- **Other names:** THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 6, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=314286


## Contact

- **Address:** Canopi, 82 Tanner Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 3GN
- **Phone:** 07356007655
- **Website:** educationalopportunity.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTS, IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE AIM OF THE SOCIETY HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN TO DEVELOP THE THE PHYSICAL, MORAL AND MENTAL NATURE OF THE PUPILS HISTORICALLY IN ITS OWN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES BY GIVING THE BEST SECULAR INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING, BY USING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES WITHOUT ANY CATECHISM OR FORMERLY DISTINCTIVE OF ANY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION, AND MORE RECENTLY IN OTHER WAYS AND IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £625565 | £1710089 | £26376800 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £620437 | £1614538 | £25455989 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £679665 | £1336955 | £24870741 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £649678 | £1142258 | £29566992 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £647027 | £1011317 | £26920571 | 3 |



## Trustees

- **JANE CREASY** (Chair) — appointed May 18, 2017
- Alex McDonald — appointed May 7, 2024
- Anood Al-Samerai — appointed May 14, 2021
- Charlotte Cashman — appointed May 17, 2019
- David Crowther — appointed May 12, 2023
- Janice Miller — appointed July 1, 2020
- Jeanette Brady — appointed May 7, 2024
- Kerry Dinnie — appointed May 13, 2025
- Nicholas Tesseyman — appointed May 12, 2023
- Robert Spencer — appointed May 7, 2024
- Saurav Tamang — appointed May 13, 2025
- Suela Aksoy — appointed May 12, 2023