Richard Lane Otherwise Tomson

Analysis

Richard Lane Otherwise Tomson is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Richard Lane Otherwise Tomson reported income of £31k and spending of £76k, spending 244% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £31k (-7.7%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 192% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Richard Lane Otherwise Tomson sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parents and Friends of Sunnymede Schools (£31k), Spinfield School Parents Association (£31k) and Alderman Cogan's School Foundation (£31k).

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.