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THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1132473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of poverty; advancement of education and religion and any other charitable purposes identified by the trustees.

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

Latest income
£120k
Latest spending
£146k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves not tied up in investments were £154,047 at the year end, representing an increase from the previous year's £116,440. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds long-term investments valued at £3,892,937 and has no paid staff, with day-to-day management delegated to a trustee.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£120k£146k
05/04/2024£116k£103k
05/04/2023£104k£221k
05/04/2022£100k£112k
05/04/2021£99k£63k

Common questions

Is THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves not tied up in investments were £154,047 at the year end, representing an increase from the previous year's £116,440. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds long-term investments valued at £3,892,937 and has no paid staff, with day-to-day management delegated to a trustee. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN1£40k
THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION1£20k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£15k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED£120k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LAWS FOUNDATION FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROWLETT TRUST FY2024£271k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION FY2025£466k—0unclear—no doubt
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt

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