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.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS AND THEIR CHILDREN.(2) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.(3) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS PARTICULARLY BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GYPSY AND TRAVELLER WAY OF LIFE.(4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP BY STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

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: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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, as disclosed

“Total funds carried forward 144,306”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Government income: £99,053 — contracts £4,300 (3), grants £94,753 (2); 24% of the £414,872 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Government income: £19,800 — grants £19,800 (1); 4% of the £472,288 total gross income on the same return

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

Government income: £37,997 — contracts £37,997 (2); 10% of the £390,493 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Helena Kiely-Savinchair
Chelsea McDonagh
Dr Sarah Edwards
Felix Lynn
MARIAN MAHONEY
Olatunji Abiola Makanju
Richard Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
Sally Barter

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Who funds LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2022	£100k	Good homes and neighbourhoods

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2026	£499k	Bright Futures Youth Mentoring & Employability
A B Charitable Trust	16/10/2025	£25k	A grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney	15/10/2025	£18k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council	15/10/2025	£18k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney	04/01/2025	£15k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council	04/01/2025	£15k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Greater London Authority	01/01/2024	£187k	New Deal for Young People Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2022	£50k	Civil Society Roots Impact grant
Hackney Council	13/05/2022	£20k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney	13/05/2022	£20k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council	28/03/2022	£20k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney	28/03/2022	£58k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Hackney Council	28/10/2019	£60k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
London Borough of Hackney	28/10/2019	£60k	Grant to London Gypsies and Travellers
Greater London Authority	02/11/2018	£30k	Negotiated Stopping Research
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/02/2018	£100k	"Mapping the pathway to equality Â– Gypsy and Traveller history and heritage in London"
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/04/2013	£5k	A Traveller's Tale

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
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£235k
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	1	£185k
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	1	£150k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£146k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£130k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	1	£116k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	1	£91k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ONE VOICE 4 TRAVELLERS.

ONE VOICE 4 TRAVELLERS income £59k
FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS income £1.9m
THE TRAVEL FOUNDATION income £668k
YORK TRAVELLERS TRUST income £439k
LUCY GRIFFITHS FOUNDATION LTD income £42k
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain income £10.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS	£415k	—	0	unclear	144306.0%	no doubt
ONE VOICE 4 TRAVELLERS FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS FY2026	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE TRAVEL FOUNDATION FY2025	£668k	—	0	below	—	noted
YORK TRAVELLERS TRUST FY2026	£439k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LUCY GRIFFITHS FOUNDATION LTD FY2024	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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