The Leonard Trust

Analysis

The Leonard Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Leonard Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £36k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £23k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 164% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Leonard Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lehman Brothers Foundation Europe (£23k), Devon Essential Medical Services & Southern Event Solutions CIO (£23k) and South Eastern Kidney Patients Association (£23k).

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.