Morris Leigh Foundation

Analysis

Morris Leigh Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1980, 46 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, Morris Leigh Foundation reported income of £53k and spending of £87k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £30k to £53k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 195% 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, Morris Leigh Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dore School and Charity Land Trust (£53k), Titchfield Village Trust (£53k) and Charity of John Dawber (£53k).

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.