The Edgar E Lawley Foundation

Analysis

The Edgar E Lawley Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Esher. It was registered in February 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Edgar E Lawley Foundation reported income of £184k and spending of £179k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £206k to £184k (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Edgar E Lawley Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Squash United Foundation (£184k), The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust (£184k) and Oasis Community Hub: North Bristol (£184k).