MAKING THE LEAP
Registered charity 1058648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAP, LOCAL EMPLOYMENT ACCESS PROJECTS
MAKING THE LEAP IS A SOCIAL MOBILITY AND YOUTH CHARITY WHICH RUNS CAREERS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS ACROSS LONDON, AND DELIVERS SERVICES THAT PREPARES YOUNG ADULTS FOR LIFE-CHANGING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £411,833 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,721,299 to £1,356,266. The trustees note that free unrestricted reserves, excluding tangible fixed assets, decreased to £824,461, which is below the stated policy target of building up reserves of up to six months of operating costs. Despite the loss, the independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (held: £1.4m)
“Our reserves policy is to build up reserves of up to six months of operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Making The Leap (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Eugene Blavo — Deputy CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £8k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£288k
Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 18.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Sandra Bowker CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- ANDY BOUCHER
- Catherine Osaigbovo
- Dipi Kaur McKernan
- Dominic Scott
- Emma Canavan Jane
- James Alexander Hamilton Smith
- John Gary Williams
- Laurence Meehan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MAKING THE LEAP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £411,833 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,721,299 to £1,356,266. The trustees note that free unrestricted reserves, excluding tangible fixed assets, decreased to £824,461, which is below the stated policy target of building up reserves of up to six months of operating costs. Despite the loss, the independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.
Who funds MAKING THE LEAP?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKING THE LEAP as a grant recipient include THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation UK, THE PA FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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