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.

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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN HAROLD COOKE JPchair · trustee of 1 other charity
FRANK JACKSON OBE
KATHERINE COATES
LAURA LUCY COOKE
PHILIP JOHN COOKE

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£570k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£250k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£60k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	1	£33k
VENDQUOT LIMITED	1	£22k
THE STORZ CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£9k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
Evergreen Care UK	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £154k
THE LAWS FOUNDATION income £240k
THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £1.5m
THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED income £120k
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2026	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LAWS FOUNDATION FY2025	£240k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2024	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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