The Female Lead

Analysis

The Female Lead is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Female Lead reported income of £95k and spending of £469k, spending 496% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £537k to £95k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 169% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Female Lead sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gibbons Family Trust (£94k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St.mary West Acklam Middlesbrough (£95k) and Threlkeld Village Hall CIO (£94k).

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.