The Radley Foundation

Analysis

The Radley Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in February 1977, 49 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 July 2025, The Radley Foundation reported income of £3.1m and spending of £2.7m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.1m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Radley Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (£3.1m), Union of Brunel Students (£3.1m) and Belmont School (Feldemore) Educational Trust Limited (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62%, investments 19% and charitable activities 19%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £14k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.0m. Reserves of £276k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.