LANTRA

Registered charity 1022991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATB-LANDBASE LIMITED, LANTRA NATIONAL TRAINING ORGANISATION LIMITED, THE LANTRA TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC039039 (OSCR)

THE CHARITY AIMS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY HELPING BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKILLS BASE THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE. ITS MAIN ACTIVITIES FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AND RECOGNISING THE SKILLS OF THE WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING A NETWORK OF TRAINING INSTRUCTORS AND PROVIDERS.

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Latest income

£13.5m

Latest spending

£13.2m

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £321,733 for the year, with total income of £13,500,960 against total expenditure of £13,246,562. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £6,679,299, which the trustees deem sufficient for its purposes, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)

“In the band £160,001 - £170,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Education and training services (70% of income)

“This was generated from the provision of education and training services to employers £9,479,386”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

David Llewellyn — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Buyer	Contract	Awarded	Value
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government	Clusters and Collaborations for Success	—	—

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£13.5m

Total spending

£13.2m

Cost of raising funds

£10k

Reserves (reported)

£6.7m

Employees

145

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr David George Llewellynchair
Claire Helen Toogood
Dr Emily Kate Pope
Euryn Morris Jones
Lee Osborne
Patrick Joseph Griffin
Professor David John Roberts
Sarah Reid
Sharon Jane Affleck
Trefor Morgan Owen

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£13.5m	£13.2m
31/03/2024	£12.4m	£11.5m
31/03/2023	£11.7m	£11.0m
31/03/2022	£10.9m	£9.8m
31/03/2021	£7.7m	£7.5m

Common questions

Is LANTRA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £321,733 for the year, with total income of £13,500,960 against total expenditure of £13,246,562. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £6,679,299, which the trustees deem sufficient for its purposes, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of LANTRA earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRIENDS OF SHEKEL HAKODESH LIMITED	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED.

LANCASTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED income £1.5m
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED income £6.4m
PETA LIMITED income £4.4m
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE income £207k
PETANS LIMITED income £2.3m
ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LANTRA	£13.5m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANCASTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED FY2025	£6.4m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
PETA LIMITED FY2025	£4.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024	£207k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
PETANS LIMITED FY2025	£2.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.