The William Leech Foundation - The Foundation Trust
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Key takeaways
- The trust can only make grants to five named charitable institutions chosen by its founder, so unless your organisation is one of those five, this funder cannot support you.
- Its purpose is the advancement of the Christian religion, so work outside that aim is unlikely to fit even in principle.
- If you are one of the five, the annual report shows £1,734,000 paid out, shared in equal shares, with a typical grant of £346,800 and a median of about £345,000.
- No way to apply was found in the annual report, its register entry or other pages about it, so there is no published route to follow.
Overview
The William Leech Foundation - The Foundation Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 231673).
The William Leech Foundation - The Foundation Trust is a registered charity whose objective is the advancement of the Christian religion. It achieves this by giving financial support to five charities selected as beneficiaries by its founder, and its income is applied in equal shares for their benefit. Its annual giving was £1,734,000 in its latest annual report. Distributions are set at 4% of the rolling five-year average of the trust's net asset value.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation advances the Christian religion by providing grants to five charitable institutions selected by its founder. The recipients include a Bible society, Christian mission and knowledge societies, a church, and a Christian charitable organisation. The trust applies its income in equal shares for their benefit. Its beneficiaries’ main purpose is the advancement of the Christian religion, and the trustee company receives reports from them describing their work and the public benefit arising from it. The grant-making is restricted to those five institutions: the trust has no power to make grants to other charities. Its support is directed to these institutional beneficiaries rather than an open field of applicants.
Themes
- Christian religion
Geographic Focus
Priority: National.
What they don't fund
- The Trust does not have the power to make grants other than to the Five Charities
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 5 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size
Median £347k (year to 31 March 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Church Mission Society£346,800year to 31 March 2025
- The British and Foreign Bible Society£346,800year to 31 March 2025
- The Methodist Church in Britain£346,800year to 31 March 2025
- The Salvation Army£346,800year to 31 March 2025
- The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge£346,800year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £0 | £1,366,014 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £0 | £1,396,186 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £0 | £1,539,086 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £123,846 | £1,662,722 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £259,400 | £1,743,281 | £1,734,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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