The Leslie Smith Foundation

Analysis

The Leslie Smith Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Leslie Smith Foundation reported income of £104k and spending of £164k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £73k to £104k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 260% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Leslie Smith Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Totnes United Free Church (£104k), The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation (£104k) and Vascular Access Society of Britain & Ireland (£104k).

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.