The Leslie Sports Foundation

Analysis

The Leslie Sports Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07954495). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Leslie Sports Foundation reported income of £216k and spending of £133k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £97k to £216k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Leslie Sports Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton & Hove Amateur Boxing Club (£216k), Eastwoodbury Lane Centre (£217k) and The Cambridge Leisure and Ice Centre (£216k).