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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)

Latest income
£141.2m
Latest spending
£140.3m
Registered
1985

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Charity Commission inquiry

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

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).

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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

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 TOMPKINS FOUNDATION, THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST, DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2023£225k
ELRHAFY2022£37k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989FY2025£8k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£1k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2023£800
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
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 Heritage Fund08/08/2018£10k"YOYP Can Do Sport Scotland"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/03/2014£296k"Rewind - 7 Decades of Stories from Leonard Cheshire Disability"