Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation

Analysis

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04851054). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation reported income of £702k and spending of £477k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £702k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pembroke College Settlement (£702k), Medaccess Trust (£702k) and League of Friends of the Princess Royal Hospital (£701k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, charitable activities 26% and investments 9.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £54k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £239k. Reserves of £104k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.