Leighton Park Trust

Analysis

Leighton Park Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00171900). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Leighton Park Trust reported income of £19.3m and spending of £19.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14.1m to £19.3m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Leighton Park Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales (£19.2m), Rossall School (£19.4m) and Merthyr Tydfil College Limited (£19.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Reserves of £19.7m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 210 people.