THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1058109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST

This is a grant-making trust offering financial support to other UK registered charities, in particular faith-based organisations, working to advance the Christian faith & relieve poverty throughout the UK & overseas. Capital or project funding is favoured over revenue funding.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £25,107,299, an increase of 3.5% from the previous year. The charity generated a net movement in funds of £857,813, driven by investment gains of £1,452,599 which offset an expenditure excess over income. The trustees maintain an endowment target of £24.1 million and target annual grant expenditure of £1 million.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~230.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 16.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHENJOHNHAINES LUDLOWchair
• CHARLES WILLIAM DAVID LAING · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr PAUL MICHAEL PETER VAN DEN BOSCH
• SIMON DAVID MARTLE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST.

• THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST income £2.9m
• JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.5m
• H & T CLIENTS CHARITABLE TRUST income £919k
• THE LAUNAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £10.9m
• THE STELLA AND ALEXANDER MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST income £131k
• THE M AND L CHARITABLE TRUST income £771k

Side by side with its peers

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