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ST FRANCIS LEPROSY GUILD

Registered charity 1188749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

St Francis Leprosy Guild is a UK charity working towards a leprosy free world. We support over 30 leprosy centres and projects in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and Brazil. We fund Training, Research into leprosy prevention and diagnosis, Active case-finding to find and treat leprosy early, Care and rehabilitation through leprosy centres and hospitals, Emergency relief and capital equipment.

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Latest income
£237k
Latest spending
£590k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £425,184 from £703,290 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure for the period. The trustees note that bank balances and reserves would be exhausted by 2027 at current levels of expenditure, prompting a 'Managed Contraction' strategy to reduce expenditure substantially.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and gifts (58% of income)
“Donations and gifts 146,705”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 52.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The costs of donor acquisition, maintaining our donor relationships, handling donations, fundraising and implementation decreased to £123,810 in 2025 from £124,365 in 2024.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between £250,000 and £500,000 (held: £425k)
“a level of free reserves should be maintained at between £250,000 and £500,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£980k
Total spending
£747k
Cost of raising funds
£260k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~22.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Brazil · Burma · Ethiopia · Ghana · India · Madagascar · Nepal · Nigeria · Sri Lanka · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£237k£590k
31/12/2024£376k£646k
31/12/2023£391k£881k
31/12/2022£980k£747k
31/12/2021£538k£616k

Common questions

Is ST FRANCIS LEPROSY GUILD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £425,184 from £703,290 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure for the period. The trustees note that bank balances and reserves would be exhausted by 2027 at current levels of expenditure, prompting a 'Managed Contraction' strategy to reduce expenditure substantially. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ST FRANCIS LEPROSY GUILD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST FRANCIS LEPROSY GUILD as a grant recipient include THE CLAUDE AND SOFIA MARION FOUNDATION, SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION, CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST, G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CLAUDE AND SOFIA MARION FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kHealthcare
THE CLAUDE AND SOFIA MARION FOUNDATIONFY2024£25kHealthcare
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kOlder People
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2023£4kMedicine, Health & Hospices
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kDonation
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kMedicine, Health & Hospices
SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£130
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain1£1916.0m
THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED1£120k
THE PG & NJ BOULTON TRUST LIMITED1£83k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£56k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND1£50k
THE INLIGHT TRUST1£12k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION1£10k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEPRA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST FRANCIS LEPROSY GUILD£237k—0unclear52.2%no doubt
LEPRA FY2025£5.9m——above—no doubt
THE LEPROSY MISSION INTERNATIONAL FY2024£12.3m——unclear14.0%no doubt
NEPAL LEPROSY TRUST FY2024£398k—0above—no doubt
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain FY2025£10.5m——above28.0%no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ST FRANCIS KATETE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£288k—0unclear—no doubt

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