Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE MARK LEONARD TRUST 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
Grant making
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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£914£1,518£-604£0£21,245£0n/a130
05/04/22£422£1,705£-1,283n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£1,139£1,112£27£0£21,623£1521.6130
05/04/20£1,337£1,420£-83£0£17,746£270.2140
05/04/19£1,048£1,383£-336£0£20,928£40130
05/04/18£2,022£1,583£440£0£19,735£2351.8110
05/04/17£916£1,147£-231£0£19,485£0n/a140
05/04/16£1,184£1,375£-191£0£17,109£570.5120
05/04/15*£945£762£183£8£18,264£127210
05/04/14£534£1,369£-836£8£16,749£-163-1.410
05/04/13£420£841£-421£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£749£796£-47£7£14,235£0n/a10
05/04/11£748£708£41£7£14,131£0n/a10
05/04/10£363£613£-250£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£412£618£-206£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£450£407£43£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£367£497£-130£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£331£423£-92£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£303£265£37£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£240£262£-22£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 103%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 30 years

www.sfct.org.uk

info@sfct.org.uk

02074100330

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Italy, Throughout England, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 13 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Offshore wind on-turbine electrical vessel charging system
£103,079 01/09/2021
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10008793
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Mark Leonard Trust, The
£20,000 29/03/2021
Mark Leonard Trust, The
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Mark Leonard Trust
£20,000 19/12/2019
Contribution towards costs of landmark legal ruling on investment duties

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/08/1994, number: 1040323
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late,
Main office

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Tru
THE PEAK
5 Wilton Road
LONDON
SW1V 1AP

Objectives

TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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