The Leander Trust

Analysis

The Leander Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-On-Thames. It was registered in May 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Leander Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £78k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £151k to £37k (-75%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Leander Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle Staffs. Volleyball Club (£37k), The Longhope Recreation Ground (£37k) and The Adam Stansfield Foundation (£37k).

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.