ST LUKES TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1056073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

St Luke's Trust supports and promotes anthroposophical medicine, and supports and promotes a Camphill community for adults with learning disabilities

Objects

1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH, PROVIDE CARE TO AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF: PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY (WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), THE YOUNG, THE OLD, OR PEOPLE OTHERWISE IN NEED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF DR RUDOLF STEINER (AS SUMMARISED IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS MEMORANDUM), PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE FORM OF VILLAGES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, DAY CENTRES, KINDERGARTENS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES OR OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN WHICH BENEFICIARIES LIVE AND/OR WORK AND/OR TO WHICH THEY OTHERWISE RESORT, IN COMMUNITY WITH PERSONS PROVIDING SUPPORT.2) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH BY MEANS OF AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH (MAKING USEFUL RESULTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE) IN THE FIELD OF ANTHROPOSOPHICAL MEDICINE (AS SUMMARISED IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS MEMORANDUM)

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stroud, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£387k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a revenue surplus of £50,973 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £1,573,173. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,524,894 provide more than ten months of normal expenditure, which the trustees consider an appropriate reserve fund. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The bulk of St Luke’s Trust’s income is based upon rental income from Gannicox House and from St Luke's Therapy Centre, lease rent from Ruskin Mill, service charges from Whittington House, and fees from Sunlands Kindergarten.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £48,796 — grants £48,796 (1); 17% of the £287,505 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St Luke's Trust — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 23/01/2014.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£387k£336k
31/03/2024£318k£318k
31/03/2023£288k£232k
31/03/2022£295k£234k
31/03/2021£212k£205k

Common questions

Is ST LUKES TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a revenue surplus of £50,973 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £1,573,173. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,524,894 provide more than ten months of normal expenditure, which the trustees consider an appropriate reserve fund. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2005£5kOasis

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST LUKE'S CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST LUKES TRUST LIMITED£387k—0above—no doubt
ST LUKE'S CHURCH FY2025£980k—0below—noted
ST LUKE'S NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
ST LUKES ADVICE SERVICE FY2026£162k—0unclear—no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE FY2025£14.5m—11unclear24.6%no doubt
ST LUKE'S OXFORD FY2025£4.9m£120,001 - £130,000—below—no doubt

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