Leighton Middle School- School Fund

Analysis

Leighton Middle School- School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Leighton Middle School- School Fund reported income of £44k and spending of £34k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12k to £44k (+251%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 445%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Leighton Middle School- School Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stannington and District Library Group (£44k), Pakenham Village Hall and Playing Fields Association (£44k) and Richmond Upon Thames Performing Arts Festival (£44k).