THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1182365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Black Women Rising UK

We offer vital help, support and visibility to cancer patients, including those from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£340k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £2,208 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £340,139 and expenditure of £388,247. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £24,195, contributing towards the trustees' policy target of holding 3-6 months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-6 months expenditure (held: £24k)
“The charity’s aim is to build reserves that equate to 3-6 months expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Leanne Pero Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£340k£313k
31/08/2024£390k£388k
31/03/2023£216k£191k
31/03/2022£79k£94k
31/03/2021£89k£62k

Common questions

Is THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £2,208 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £340,139 and expenditure of £388,247. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £24,195, contributing towards the trustees' policy target of holding 3-6 months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION, FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED, THE STELLA MCCARTNEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITEDFY2021£5k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE STELLA MCCARTNEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£500Donations made / Charitable activities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2022£10kBlack Women Rising – The Magazine
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£10kBlack Women and Men Rising UK
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£5kGrant to The Leanne Pero Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2020£1kLiving with Cancer in the BAME Community
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2019£7kBlack Women Rising

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 CANCER CARE DIASPORA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION£340k—0unclear—no doubt
CANCER CARE DIASPORA FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2026£225k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSEMERE CANCER FOUNDATION FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH FY2025£628k£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt
ANAH PROJECT LTD FY2025£544k—0unclear—no doubt

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