The Morley Agricultural Foundation

Analysis

The Morley Agricultural Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wymondham. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04712419). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Morley Agricultural Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Morley Agricultural Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heron Educational Trust (£1.6m), The Merchant Taylors' Foundation (£1.6m) and British Educational Research Association (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 72% and investments 28%. Charitable activities took 40% of spending and raising funds 57%. Grants to other organisations totalled £619k. Reserves of £31.5m would cover about 226 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.