The Leslie and Doris Seccombe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Leslie and Doris Seccombe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in November 1963, 63 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 April 2025, The Leslie and Doris Seccombe Charitable Trust reported income of £656k and spending of £607k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £656k (+4801%), an average of +165% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 4898%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, The Leslie and Doris Seccombe Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The Cobalt Trust (£654k), The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation (£660k) and Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust (£652k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 7.0%. Charitable activities took 7.3% of spending and raising funds 92%. Grants to other organisations totalled £42k.