Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION 

We offer vital help, support and visibility to cancer patients, including those from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£216,402£191,429£24,9735
31/03/22£79,264£93,633£-14,3695
31/03/21£89,202£61,530£27,6725
31/03/20£11,532£11,529£35
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.theleanneperofoundation.com

foundation@leannepero.com

07946790802

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Women Rising – The Magazine
£10,000 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to create a magazine of carefully curated material with expert advice and peer led support for women of colour living with cancer. The project aims to create a supportive ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Women and Men Rising UK
£9,660 11/02/2021
8
The funding will be used to develop the groups podcast content for people from the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic community who are living with and have survived cancer. The project aims to bring ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to The Leanne Pero Foundation
£5,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 2 grant from the Finance & Governance department
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Women Rising
£7,042 15/08/2019
12
Black Women Rising

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2019, number: 1182365
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

65 CRONIN STREET
LONDON
SE15 6JG

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OF CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES, INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE TO SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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