The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Foundation Trust

Analysis

The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Foundation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Foundation Trust reported income of £259k and spending of £1.7m, spending 672% of what it took in. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 889% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Foundation Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Oswald, Ashbourne (£259k), Heaton Baptist Church, Newcastle Upon Tyne (£259k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Heatherlands with the Church of the Good Shepherd (£259k).

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.