The William Leech Foundation - The Charity Trust

• The Trust mainly supports five charities chosen by its founder, and its stated exclusions cover grants to any other organisation, save in exceptional circumstances, and funding for purposes other than overseas mission.
• If your work is not overseas mission under the Christian religion, or your organisation is not one of those five charities, your request is unlikely to fit, so it is best not to apply.
• The North East is given as its priority, but the exclusions are framed around overseas mission, so location alone does not settle eligibility.
• The annual report shows £800,010 paid in the latest financial year, with typical grants around £160,002, which is a guide to scale rather than a ceiling.
• No published way to apply was found in the annual report, its register entry or other pages about it, so any approach would be unsolicited and should be treated as a long shot.

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

• Church Mission Society
  £160,002year to 31 March 2025
• The British and Foreign Bible Society
  £160,002year to 31 March 2025
• The Methodist Church in Britain
  £160,002year to 31 March 2025
• The Salvation Army
  £160,002year to 31 March 2025
• The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
  £160,002year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

• 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.

• 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.