Leeds Castle Foundation

Analysis

Leeds Castle Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in October 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01172263). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leeds Castle Foundation reported income of £12.7m and spending of £12.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £12.7m (+237%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leeds Castle Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Style Acre (£12.7m), The Leprosy Mission International (£12.7m) and The Calleva Foundation (£12.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, trading 46%, investments 2.2% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 58% of spending and raising funds 41%. Reserves of £5.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 207 people.