PETER LANG CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 1121344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

?To increase the number of babies and toddlers (aged conception to 3 years of age) in Gloucestershire who experience loving, nurturing and harm-free childhoods.?

Objects

3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONALLY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

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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Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£438k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £247,098 for the year, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves from £2,368,422 to £2,121,324. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, with sufficient free reserves to secure its immediate future. The charity operates on a small scale with only one employee and no external fundraising activities, relying instead on investment income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments
“Investments 4 54,948 54,948 67,396” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintain reserves at a level so that sufficient investment income may be derived to finance the committed grant awards, whilst maintaining a hedge against possible future decreases in the market value of investments (held: £2.1m)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain reserves at a level so that sufficient investment income may be derived to finance the committed grant awards, whilst maintaining a hedge against possible future decreases in the market value of investments.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£82k£438k
31/12/2024£67k£442k
31/12/2023£81k£452k
31/12/2022£73k£449k
31/12/2021£73k£455k

Common questions

Is PETER LANG CHILDREN'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £247,098 for the year, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves from £2,368,422 to £2,121,324. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, with sufficient free reserves to secure its immediate future. The charity operates on a small scale with only one employee and no external fundraising activities, relying instead on investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.