THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 201589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Giving grants to charitable bodies for the provision of medical care, services to children and the aged, the advancement of medicine and for educational purposes.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MEDICINE, TO NECESSITOUS ELDERLY PERSONS, AND TO EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITH REFERENCE TO THE ARTS, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has total funds of £4,557,800, with unrestricted funds of £253,513. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2026

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 15/02/2024, 10 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£184k£179k
05/04/2025£203k£233k
05/04/2024£195k£233k
05/04/2023£214k£258k
05/04/2022£206k£243k

Common questions

Is THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has total funds of £4,557,800, with unrestricted funds of £253,513. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
VENDQUOT LIMITED1£22k
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE STORZ CHARITABLE TRUST1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GILBERT AND EILEEN EDGAR FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GILBERT AND EILEEN EDGAR FOUNDATION FY2026£83k——unclear—no doubt
THE EDGWARE FOUNDATION FY2025£304k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EARLE AND STUART CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS, EALING HOSPITAL FY2025£219k—0unclear—no doubt
GEORGE CLARKE FY2025£77k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.