The Airey Neave Trust

Analysis

The Airey Neave Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leominster. It was registered in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Airey Neave Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £27k, spending 211% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £20k to £13k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 311% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Airey Neave Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Grayswood School (£13k), 1st Lytham St Annes (St Cuthbert's) Scout Group (£13k) and Friends of St Philip Howard Catholic School (£13k).

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.