LANDAU LIMITED
Registered charity 1048645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANDAU, LANDAU CONSULTANTS LIMITED
Landau is a supported employment and work related training organisation providing one to one support for people with learning disabilities.
Objects
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE THEM TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.
Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity made a net deficit of £300,723 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by reduced grant funding and rising costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased to £998,500, which are held to cover expenditure for the coming year, though the charity intends to build these funds up to ensure sustainability.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (65% of income)
“Total income 1,967,405 892,401 2,859,806” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £999k; policy: cover the expenditure required for the coming year)
“Unrestricted funds total £998,500 (2023 - £1,115,879) which are held to cover the expenditure required for the coming year and the charity intends to build up those funds to ensure sustainability of its core services and maintain them at such a level.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by CBSL Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- 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
- Volunteer management
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Phil Taylor — CEO (source)
- Phil Taylor — Chief Executive (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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- The National Lottery Community Fund — “thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and European Social Fund.” (source page)
- European Social Fund — “thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and European Social Fund.” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- KALINOWSKI, Karen — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
- LAVER, Rachel — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
- SHIELDS, Michael — director, appointed 28/03/2013on trustee list
- KITE, Marcelle Louise — director, appointed 30/04/2002not on trustee list
- LANGFORD, Robert Derek — director, appointed 30/04/2002on trustee list
Official officers record.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Dudley · Herefordshire · Sandwell · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Telford & Wrekin · Walsall · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LANDAU LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a net deficit of £300,723 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by reduced grant funding and rising costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased to £998,500, which are held to cover expenditure for the coming year, though the charity intends to build these funds up to ensure sustainability. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by CBSL Accountants Limited.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.