Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION 

The Leslie Smith Foundation is a grant making body with general charitable purposes. Without surrendering their discretion, the Trustees have decided to focus mainly on charities supporting: children in the UK with life changing medical conditions, hospices, education and special needs schools in the UK and recipients of previous grants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£95£449£-354n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£90£247£-157n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£73£139£-66n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£88£131£-43n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£83£131£-48n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£81£140£-59£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17*£72£27£45£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16*£73£97£-24£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15*£68£14£55£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14*£65£33£32£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£201£201£0£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£59£189£-130£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£59£211£-151£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£56£221£-165£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£128£168£-40£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08*£305£150£155£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£124£137£-13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£122£140£-18£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05*£99£153£-55£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04*£111£480£-369£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

info@fisherlegal.co.uk

01508480100

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/11/1966, number: 250030
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 115 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR08: 7 days late, AR05: 13 days late, AR04: 55 days late,
Main office

Unit 4 Hill Farm
Kirby Road
Kirby Bedon
NORWICH
NR14 7DU

Objectives

TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT OR TO ESTABLISH ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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