Leicestershire Education Business Company Limited

Analysis

Leicestershire Education Business Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02775469). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Leicestershire Education Business Company Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.1m (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Leicestershire Education Business Company Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Protect (Whistleblowing Advice) Limited (£1.1m), Atf Southend (£1.1m) and Community Action Redbridge (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 5.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.