Leslie Bibby Fund

Analysis

Leslie Bibby Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in October 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2026, Leslie Bibby Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £26k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £15k to £17k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 143% 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, Leslie Bibby Fund sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carleen Village Hall (£17k), The Edwin and Joyce Hill Charitable Trust (£17k) and George Wood Memorial Benevolent Fund (£17k).

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.