The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust

Registered charity 1180953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Anti-Apartheid Legacy, Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre, LILIESLEAF UK, THE LILIESLEAF TRUST UK

Established for the purpose of advancing the education of the public about the Southern African liberation pre-1994 and raising awareness of the role of international societies (particularly British and exiled Southern Africans) in solidarity with this cause; and the advancement of arts, culture and heritage relating to the liberation struggle in the UK.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:1. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN LIBERATION STRUGGLE AGAINST THE REPRESSIVE APARTHEID REGIME PRE-1994 BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIC AND POLITICAL SOCIETIES, PARTICULARLY BRITISH AND THOSE SOUTH AFRICANS EXILED IN BRITAIN, IN SOLIDARITY WITH THIS CAUSE; 2. PROVIDE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL STRUCTURES RELATING TO THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN THE UK.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £23,406 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £383,996 to £360,590. The trustees confirm that sufficient funding has been secured to complete capital works and maintain operations, expressing confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 to £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 which fell in the band: £60,000 to £69,999” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 which fell in the band: £60,000 to £69,999” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Lelabari Kogbara provided an unsecured loan of £110,000 on 23 March 2026.
“An unsecured loan of £110,000 was made to the charity by Ms. Lelabari Kogbara (Trustee) on 23rd March 2026.” — page 37
“The total aggregate value of donations received from trustees where no conditions have been placed on the donation received amounted to £4,000” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received donations totaling £4,000.
“An unsecured loan of £110,000 was made to the charity by Ms. Lelabari Kogbara (Trustee) on 23rd March 2026.” — page 37
“The total aggregate value of donations received from trustees where no conditions have been placed on the donation received amounted to £4,000” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sawin & Edwards LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £495,438 — contracts £1,876 (1), grants £493,562 (4); 30% of the £1,626,716 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 36
  • Government income: £182,833 — grants £182,833 (5); 44% of the £415,960 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 34
  • Government income: £222,349 — grants £222,349 (2); 40% of the £554,828 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£245k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.6m£1.7m
31/08/2024£416k£237k
31/08/2023£555k£426k
31/08/2022£235k£239k
31/08/2021£248k£169k

Common questions

Is The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £23,406 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £383,996 to £360,590. The trustees confirm that sufficient funding has been secured to complete capital works and maintain operations, expressing confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sawin & Edwards LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 to £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust as a grant recipient include The Portal Trust, JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Portal TrustFY2025£50kAnti-Apartheid Legacy: Learning at the Centre of Memory & Learning
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIOFY2022£32k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIOFY2024£23k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIOFY2025£23kGrants to institutions
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIOFY2023£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/12/2021£15kArts Council National Lottery Project Grants
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/11/2021£1.7m"The Centre of Memory and Learning: Unlocking the heritage of the UK Anti-Apartheid Movement"

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 AFRICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust£1.6m£60,000 to £69,9991unclear—no doubt
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FY2025£319k——unclear—no doubt
THE AFRICAN NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH TRUST FY2025£744k—0above—no doubt
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON FY2025£2.6m——below—no doubt
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH FY2025£183k——unclear—no doubt
ACTION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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