THE LEONARDO TRUST

Registered charity 1086045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support for full time carers and those being cared for.Contributions towards care sitting services.Funding holidays for carersAssisting finance in relaxation or training courses or perhaps hobbies or activitiesCreative thinking towards financial assistance for carersWe cannot supply care staff directEmergency funding/grants for carers

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£10.8m

Latest spending

£827k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received a substantial legacy, resulting in total unrestricted funds increasing significantly to £10,761,129. The trustees confirm that free reserves are appropriate and the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)

“The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following bands was: 2025 No 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following bands was: 2025 No 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £555k)

“Free reserves of the charity, defined as the unrestricted (and undesignated) funds of the charity less amounts held as fixed assets £554,966 (2024: £169,806). The Trustees keep this reserves policy under quarterly review and consider the reserves held appropriate for the charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Legacy from trustee's parent

“During the year ended 31 March 2025, the charity received a legacy of £300 from the estate of the parent of a trustee.” — page 28

“During the year, Leonardo Trust donated a total of £423,867 to Leonardo Carer Support, a charity with which the trustees of Leonardo Trust are also trustees.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation to Leonardo Carer Support

“During the year ended 31 March 2025, the charity received a legacy of £300 from the estate of the parent of a trustee.” — page 28

“During the year, Leonardo Trust donated a total of £423,867 to Leonardo Carer Support, a charity with which the trustees of Leonardo Trust are also trustees.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£10.8m

Total spending

£827k

Cost of raising funds

£22k

Reserves (reported)

£10.8m

Employees

5

Reported reserves equal ~156.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (28/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rachel Closechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anne Lesley Dixon · trustee of 1 other charity
Benjamin Cole
Caroline Hearne · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary O'Sullivan · trustee of 1 other charity
Mevin Sohorye · trustee of 1 other charity
Terri Simone Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£10.8m	£827k
31/03/2024	£66k	£339k
31/03/2023	£359k	£335k
31/03/2022	£315k	£304k
31/03/2021	£317k	£318k

Common questions

Is THE LEONARDO TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received a substantial legacy, resulting in total unrestricted funds increasing significantly to £10,761,129. The trustees confirm that free reserves are appropriate and the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LEONARDO TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	2	£15k
King Charles III Charitable Fund	1	—
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2.3m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.3m
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME	1	£1.1m
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£748k
REUBEN FOUNDATION	1	£556k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£261k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEONARDO CARER SUPPORT.

LEONARDO CARER SUPPORT income £424k
ACTION FOR FAMILY CARERS income £1.3m
CARERS TRUST income £13.0m
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
SEFTON CARERS CENTRE income £2.2m
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND income £846k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LEONARDO TRUST	£10.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
LEONARDO CARER SUPPORT FY2025	£424k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION FOR FAMILY CARERS FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CARERS TRUST FY2025	£13.0m	—	—	above	8.0%	no doubt
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE FY2025	£275k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SEFTON CARERS CENTRE FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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