LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS

Registered charity 1072111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L G T U, LONDON GYPSY AND TRAVELLER, LONDON GYPSY AND TRAVELLER UNIT

We support Travellers and Gypsies living in London: to influence decisions affecting their lives; to improve their quality of life and the opportunities available to them and to challenge the discrimination they routinely experience.

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Latest income
£415k
Latest spending
£459k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward decreased from £287,587 to £144,306 due to a net expenditure of £43,872. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £99,409, which are below the previous year's total funds. The filing notes a strategic focus on organisational resilience and financial sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 144306.0% of fundraised income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%)
Total funds carried forward 144,306
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£415k£459k
31/03/2024£472k£406k
31/03/2023£390k£342k
31/03/2022£224k£259k
31/03/2021£279k£276k

Common questions

Is LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward decreased from £287,587 to £144,306 due to a net expenditure of £43,872. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £99,409, which are below the previous year's total funds. The filing notes a strategic focus on organisational resilience and financial sustainability.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Hackney Council15/10/2025£18kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney15/10/2025£18kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council04/01/2025£15kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£15kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2022£50kCivil Society Roots Impact grant
Hackney Council13/05/2022£20kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney13/05/2022£20kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council28/03/2022£20kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney28/03/2022£58kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council28/10/2019£60kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney28/10/2019£60kGrant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Greater London Authority02/11/2018£30kNegotiated Stopping Research
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/02/2018£100k"Mapping the pathway to equality – Gypsy and Traveller history and heritage in London"

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS£415k0unclear144306.0%no doubt
FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS FY2025£2.0m0unclearno doubt
THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£9.3mwithinno doubt
STREETS OF LONDON FY2024£482k0unclearno doubt
HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2023£351k0unclearno doubt
AGE UK LONDON FY2025£224k0unclearno doubt

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