Mary Leapman Charitable Trust

Analysis

Mary Leapman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Mary Leapman Charitable Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £40k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £18k to £31k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Mary Leapman Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Dixon Hall (£31k), The Cabin Charity (£31k) and Sherborne West End Community Centre (£31k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.