THE MARK LEONARD TRUST

Registered charity 1040323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £22.53m to £21.87m, driven by a net movement in funds of £(666,936) due to grant expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties, citing significant endowment assets and confidence in the investment portfolio to continue charitable activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Mark Leonard Trust — “The Mark Leonard Trust supports the work of Paraorchestra.” (source page)
• The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund — “The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund funds Southwark Refugee Communities Forum.” (source page)
• The Tedworth Trust — “The Tedworth Trust has funded The Resurgence Trust including The Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, addressing the environmental, social and s…” (source page)
• The Indigo Trust — “Ealing Law Centre is one of three UK law centres funded by The Indigo Trust as part of its access to justice work.” (source page)
• The True Colours Trust — “The True Colours Trust supports children’s palliative care in the UK.” (source page)
• The Staples Trust — “The Staples Trust has supported the Pitt Rivers Museum’s Living Cultures Programme, which enables the Museum to work with Maasai representat…” (source page)
• The Glass-House Trust — “Glass-House funds the Glass-House Community Led Design.” (source page)
• The Three Guineas Trust — “Three Guineas Trust funds Disability Rights UK's policy team.” (source page)
• The Aurora Trust — “The Aurora Trust supports the work of Farms for City Children.” (source page)
• The Headley Trust — “Headley Trust funded a curator at Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery.” (source page)
• The Woodward Charitable Trust — “The Woodward Charitable Trust funded The Mentor Ring’s summer play scheme for children.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN JULIAN SAINSBURY · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARK LEONARD SAINSBURY · trustee of 2 other charities
• ZIVI SAINSBURY

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Italy · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
• THE LINBURY TRUST income £5.7m
• THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST income £245k
• THE AURORA TRUST income £1.9m
• STAPLES TRUST income £413k
• The Marks Family Charitable Trust income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.