THE LATIMER TRUST

Registered charity 1084337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Publishing, supporting writing and study, to promote and advance the Protestant and Evangelical teaching and principles of the Church of England.

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE SAFEGUARD AND ADVANCE THE PROTESTANT AND EVANGELICAL TEACHING AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND TO ADVANCE SUCH TEACHING AND PRINCIPLES WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH GENERALLY WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES AND ISSUES THAT MAY UNDERMINE BIBLICAL TRUTH.(II) TO CREATE AND ADMINISTER AND ASSIST IN THE CREATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS EXHIBITIONS AND PRIZES FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF STUDY AND LEARNING

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.

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Registered contact address: Amber Valley, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£135k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Latimer Trust reported a net deficit of £104,457 before investment gains for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £1,271,129 to £1,213,790. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting liquid reserves equal to approximately one year of net operating deficit, noting that sufficient funds are available to meet planned expenditure. The charity continues to draw down from capital investments to cover annual operating deficits while maintaining its investment portfolio.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately one year of net Operating deficit (reserves figure: £1.2m)
“The liquid reserve is defined as the net current assets of the Charity and is to be maintained at the level of approximately one year of net Operating deficit.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£30k£135k
31/12/2024£19k£131k
31/12/2023£19k£146k
31/12/2022£30k£136k
31/12/2021£47k£131k

Common questions

Is THE LATIMER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Latimer Trust reported a net deficit of £104,457 before investment gains for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £1,271,129 to £1,213,790. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting liquid reserves equal to approximately one year of net operating deficit, noting that sufficient funds are available to meet planned expenditure. The charity continues to draw down from capital investments to cover annual operating deficits while maintaining its investment portfolio. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW OXFORDFY2021Unverified read£1kDiocese

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LATIMER TRUST£30k—0unclear—no doubt
LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST FY2025£104k—0above—no doubt
THE LANCASTER-TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£82k——below—no doubt
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£4.1m—0below—no doubt
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt

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