British Leather Industry Development Trust

Analysis

British Leather Industry Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Llangollen. It was registered in January 1984, 42 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 September 2025, British Leather Industry Development Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Leather Industry Development Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peter Headridge Fund (£17k), Soar Valley U3a (£17k) and Friends of St Albans Association (£17k).