LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1135322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £67,056 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £4,804,352. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, noting no material uncertainties exist regarding its operational future.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mark J Rees LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• BBC Children in Need
• Co-op Foundation
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
• Henry Smith Foundation
• Joseph Levy Foundation
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation
• Postcode Justice Trust
• UK Community Foundations
• The National Lottery Community Fund

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• STUART GRAHAM DAWKINSchair
• David Michael Andrews DL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Vijay Sharma · trustee of 3 other charities
• Ian Patrick McCormack
• JENNIFER SUSAN HAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin Michael Hudson · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK TYSON ROBINSON
• RICHARD JONATHAN COLTON
• Tracy Dolores Soraghan

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

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