The Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund

Analysis

The Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £19k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £17k to £17k (+0.0%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refugym (£17k), Keys to Jannah Charitable Trust (£17k) and The Eldon Charitable Trust (£17k).