The Graham Leavers Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Graham Leavers Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Graham Leavers Memorial Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £6,198, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £1,365 to £11k (+682%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Graham Leavers Memorial Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Community Church (Blackpool) (£11k), Sir William Paston (£11k) and Community of the Word of God Trust (£11k).