LONDON EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Delivery of higher education and training courses.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING FULL TIME AND PART TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION (AS DEFINED IN SCHEDULE 6 OF THE EDUCATION REFORM ACT 1988).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a trading deficit of £57,238 for the year ended 31 July 2025, funded by reserves which decreased from £644,915 to £587,677. The trustees note that the financial position has improved with a reduced deficit but state the charity is not fully sustainable without donations. The charity has a reserves policy to maintain a minimum of one year's expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~15.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Lawrence James Watsonchair
• Ian Pirie
• Professor Christopher John Haslam
• Salmafauziah Zainul

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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