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LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY

Registered charity 218186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LEONARD CHESHIRE FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC005117 (OSCR)

To provide effective and efficient community based services to disabled people that respond to their preferences; campaign in partnership with disabled people, allies and supporters for a society that provides equality to disabled people; raise resources to support delivery of strategic objectives; achieve this through a well run organisation with reference to our values and good practice.

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Latest income
£141.2m
Latest spending
£140.3m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £0.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £76.9m. The trustees confirm that cash balances are projected to remain above £20 million and that there are no material uncertainties regarding 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: £160,001 - £170,000 — below the median for charities its size (£180k)
“In the band £160,001 - £170,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Social care (94% of income)
“Income from charitable activities - Social care 131,431”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of net core operating expenditure (held: £19.2m)
“The Trustees have determined that a prudent level of reserves should be equivalent to between three and six months of net core operating expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management services charged to subsidiary Leonard Cheshire Services CIC
“The Charity provides a full range of management and other support services to Leonard Cheshire Services CIC in order to enable the subsidiary to operate and meet its statutory requirements for which it charged an agreed fee of £25,311k (2024 - £26,430k) of invoiced sales.” — page 80
“The Charity provides a full range of management and other support services to Leonard Cheshire Foundation (Isle of Man) Limited in order to enable the subsidiary to operate and meet its statutory requirements for which it charged an agreed fee of £74k (2024 - £81k).” — page 80
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management services charged to subsidiary Leonard Cheshire Foundation (Isle of Man) Limited
“The Charity provides a full range of management and other support services to Leonard Cheshire Services CIC in order to enable the subsidiary to operate and meet its statutory requirements for which it charged an agreed fee of £25,311k (2024 - £26,430k) of invoiced sales.” — page 80
“The Charity provides a full range of management and other support services to Leonard Cheshire Foundation (Isle of Man) Limited in order to enable the subsidiary to operate and meet its statutory requirements for which it charged an agreed fee of £74k (2024 - £81k).” — page 80
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Charity Commission Statutory Inquiry into administration, governance and management
“As previously reported, the Charity Commission opened a Statutory Inquiry into the administration, governance and management of the charity.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

LEONARD CHESHIRE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • No specific intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided text.
LEONARD CHESHIRE SERVICES CIC — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £25.8m
  • Profit before tax: £168k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £168k
  • Intercompany recharge of 98% of turnover for operational support; Amount owed to group undertakings of £876k (2025) / £2,746k (2024) is unsecured, interest-free, and repayable on demand.
“Gift aid of £168k has been recognised in the year (2024 - £567k)”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leonard Cheshire Disability (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
West Northamptonshire CouncilSupported Living Services in West Northamptonshire——
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContinuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside——

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Property (HM Land Registry)

64 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (49 freehold); recorded price paid £3.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Leonard Cheshire Disability — Registered, 144 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 20/06/2024.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (62,544 likes) · instagram (6,384 followers)

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

Total income
£141.2m
Total spending
£140.3m
Cost of raising funds
£652k
Reserves (reported)
£71.7m
Employees
2,606

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · China · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Liberia · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£141.2m£140.3m
31/03/2024£151.8m£151.3m
31/03/2023£152.6m£162.3m
31/03/2022£158.5m£163.3m
31/03/2021£153.8m£161.5m

Common questions

Is LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £0.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £76.9m. The trustees confirm that cash balances are projected to remain above £20 million and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

What does the highest-paid employee of LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Who funds LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY as a grant recipient include WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION, ELRHA, THE PAYBACK TIME TRUST, LSEG Foundation, THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2022£254kGrant
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2023£225kGrants payable
ELRHAFY2021£132kR2HC
THE PAYBACK TIME TRUSTFY2025£111k
LSEG FoundationFY2022£70k
ELRHAFY2022£37k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
SWANSEA C V SFY2022£8kThird Sector ICF Capital Grant Scheme
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989FY2022£8k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989FY2023£8k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989FY2024£8k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989FY2025£8k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£6k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE A B GRACE TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE URSULA KEYES TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2022£2k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE URSULA KEYES TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2023£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2023£800
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2022£800
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£450
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£400
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£360
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2024£0Employee grant support programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£45kGrant to Leonard Cheshire Disability
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£90kGrant to Leonard Cheshire Disability
UK government12/11/2021£129kUK Community Renewal Fund
UK government01/04/2021£129kUK Community Renewal Fund
UK government05/08/2020£81kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England23/07/2020£25kPotentials Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Connecting More People More Often
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£8kOur Everyday Normal
UK government01/04/2020£188kLeonard Cheshire
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£90kGrant to Leonard Cheshire Disability
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2019£555kCan Do Wales
Sport England23/10/2019£63kAll Active, All Together
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2019£55kRebuilding For Life Project
Greater London Authority01/08/2019£5kThe Enablement and healthy living project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2019£29kCompliance audits for Leonard Cheshire?s partners in Kampala
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/03/2019£80k"Digitising the Leonard Cheshire Sound Archive - preserving and raising awareness of Leonard Cheshire History"
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£56kOpening Doors Gloucestershire
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2018£10kLeonard Cheshire Disability - Sow and Grow
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/08/2018£10k"YOYP Can Do Sport Scotland"
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2018£10kMy Voice, My Choice
UK government01/04/2018£1.5mInnovating pathways for employment inclusion (IPEI) for people with disabilities.
Sport England26/02/2018£355kCore Market Open Fund 1
Sport England02/11/2017£147kPotentials Fund
City Bridge Foundation11/05/2017£385kGrant to Leonard Cheshire Disability
UK government01/04/2017£20kSkills for Jobs - Accountable Grants

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
TARPORLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TRUST1£116k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£91k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION1£19k
ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£10k
BRUCE WAKE CHARITY1£6k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED1£5k
BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE A M FENTON TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY£141.2m£160,001 - £170,000—above—no doubt
DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
EQUALITY TOGETHER FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED FY2025£12.1m——above—no doubt
Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability FY2025£2.4m£70,001 - £80,000—above—no doubt
DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED FY2025£994k—0unclear—noted

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