The Leigh Educational Foundation

Analysis

The Leigh Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 December 2025, The Leigh Educational Foundation reported income of £579k and spending of £606k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £178k to £579k (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Leigh Educational Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Starling Family Charitable Trust (£578k), The Royal Anniversary Trust (£580k) and St Andrew's (Burgess Hill) Pre-School (£577k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate.