Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust

Analysis

Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00977615). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £932k to £1.2m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Avenues Youth Project (£1.2m), Cathedral Music Trust (£1.2m) and Fun 4 Kidz (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, investments 4.6% and trading 3.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £798k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.