The Leys and St Faith's Schools Foundation

Analysis

The Leys and St Faith's Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2011, 15 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 07748737). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Leys and St Faith's Schools Foundation reported income of £34.4m and spending of £33.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £27.1m to £34.4m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Leys and St Faith's Schools Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhodes Trust - Public Purposes Fund (£34.1m), Abingdon School (£34.7m) and Hospice UK (£34.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £9,000. Reserves of £5.9m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 426 people.

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