Learning Skills Research Foundation Limited

Analysis

Learning Skills Research Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2008, 18 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 06413331). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Learning Skills Research Foundation Limited reported income of £19k and spending of £35k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £57k to £19k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Learning Skills Research Foundation Limited sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Ipswich (All Hallows) Scout Group (£19k), St Werburgh's and St Columba's Roman Catholic Primary School Parent Teachers Association (£19k) and Trafalgar School Association (£19k).