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Thomas Harley's Estate Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 500537LeicesterEducation and training
Income£348k2025-03-31
Spending£226ksame year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctEducation and training
Registered1970Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Thomas Harley's Estate Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thomas Harley's Estate Charity reported income of £348k and spending of £226k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £298k to £348k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Thomas Harley's Estate Charity sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include View ( Dove ) Ltd (£347k), Bridge Mentoring Plus Scheme (£348k) and The Trust for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (£347k).

Income and spending

£0£87k£174k£261k£348k2021 Income: £297,9572021 Spending: £244,09820212022 Income: £296,0972022 Spending: £223,05420222023 Income: £314,0182023 Spending: £257,47320232024 Income: £320,1802024 Spending: £242,35820242025 Income: £347,6942025 Spending: £225,6752025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity grant aids the Thomas Harley Educational Foundation and the Thomas Harley Charity for Widows of Clergymen. The educational foundation awards grants to schools and young persons from the preferred area of benefit, defined as the villages of Osgathorpe & Belton (Leicestershire) and the former urban district of Coalville. The widows of clergy are mainly from the Leicester diocese and gran

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