Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust

Analysis

Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £5.4m, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £3.1m (+1.8%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (£3.1m), Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice Bureau (£3.1m) and Venture Church (Milton Keynes) (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.0m. Reserves of £110.3m would cover about 244 months of spending at that rate.

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.