Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund

Analysis

Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund reported income of £74k and spending of £84k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £42k to £74k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Epping Forest University of the Third Age (£74k), Lowther Castle and Gardens Trust (£74k) and Littoral/Projects Environment (£74k).

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.