The Henry Lester Trust Limited

Analysis

The Henry Lester Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Greater London. It was registered in November 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 00585533). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Henry Lester Trust Limited reported income of £36k and spending of £46k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £42k to £36k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 184% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Henry Lester Trust Limited sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cheryl King Trust (£36k), Stokesley & District U3a (£36k) and Chalfont St Peter C of E Academy PTA (£36k).

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.