The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Charity Trust

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2025, The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Charity Trust reported income of £120k and spending of £809k, spending 677% 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 895% 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 William Leech Foundation Limited - the Charity Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downend Folk House Association (£119k), Personal Assurance Charitable Trust (£120k) and The Kathleen Smith Foundation (£119k).

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.