Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust

Analysis

Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in October 1983, 43 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 01751466). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust reported income of £7.2m and spending of £6.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.2m to £7.2m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford (£7.2m), Fordham University UK Charitable Trust (£7.2m) and Pact Educational Trust Limited (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 109 people.