MORRIS LEIGH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 280695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes

Objects

TO PAY MONIES TO ANY CHARITY OR FOR ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT FOR THE PURPOSES OR ANY OF THE PURPOSES OF THAT CHARITY OR CHARITABLE OBJECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £1,979,128 due to a net loss of £127,489, driven by investment losses. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated £53,208 in income and made donations of £69,250, while maintaining sufficient free reserves to meet future commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 21/02/2024, 16 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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
05/04/2025£53k£87k
05/04/2024£47k£137k
05/04/2023£44k£77k
05/04/2022£36k£58k
05/04/2021£30k£51k

Common questions

Is MORRIS LEIGH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased to £1,979,128 due to a net loss of £127,489, driven by investment losses. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated £53,208 in income and made donations of £69,250, while maintaining sufficient free reserves to meet future commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GERALD LEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MORRIS LEIGH FOUNDATION£53k—0unclear—no doubt
GERALD LEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
MRS VERA LEIGH'S CHARITY FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
LIMOGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£69k—0within—no doubt
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUST FY2025£119k—0above—no doubt
THOMAS LILLEY MEMORIAL TRUST FY2026£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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