The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust reported income of £92k and spending of £351k, spending 382% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £109k to £92k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 266% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% 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 1st Warsash Sea Scout Group (£92k), Cylch Meithrin Cei-Newydd (£92k) and UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (£92k).

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.