The Institute of Leadership

Analysis

The Institute of Leadership is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 1968, 58 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 00601049). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Institute of Leadership reported income of £4.7m and spending of £6.1m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £4.7m (+134%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Institute of Leadership sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westbourne School Trust Limited (£4.7m), St Cedd's School Educational Trust Limited (£4.7m) and Midland Group Training Services Limited (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 16% and investments 7.6%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £50k. Reserves of £8.6m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.

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.