THE LANGDON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1142742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Langdon empowers Jewish adults with learning disabilities with the skills and opportunities to live independently in their community within a Jewish ethos.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£427k
Latest spending
£341k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £85,485 for the year, with total income of £426,734 against expenditure of £341,249. The trustees note that income and expenditure are finely balanced and that unrestricted funds are almost fully invested in fixed assets, with the group relying on support from the holding company to maintain going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Amounts owed to group undertakings includes £2,028,752 due to KisharonLangdon
“Amounts owed to group undertakings includes £2,028,752 due to KisharonLangdon (2024: £487,566), £22,720 due to Langdon College (2024: £17,505), £13,207 due to KisharonLangdon Enterprises Limited (2024: £nil), £nil due to Langdon Housing (2024: £254,670) and £nil due to Langdon Community (2024: £1,924,762). These entities are all part of the KisharonLangdon Group.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £2.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£9.0m
Total spending
£10.7m
Cost of raising funds
£426k
Reserves (reported)
£5.4m
Employees
215

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Bury · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£427k£341k
31/08/2024£299k£1.1m
31/12/2023£9.0m£10.7m
31/12/2022£8.8m£9.3m
31/12/2021£8.8m£8.8m

Common questions

Is THE LANGDON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £85,485 for the year, with total income of £426,734 against expenditure of £341,249. The trustees note that income and expenditure are finely balanced and that unrestricted funds are almost fully invested in fixed assets, with the group relying on support from the holding company to maintain going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds THE LANGDON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LANGDON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£300kPathways to Employment
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£300kPathways to Employment
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£100kCare and Welfare
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£63k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2023£40k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2022£40k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2024£30k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8kCharitable Donations
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6kGeneral charitable purposes
JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£3kLangdon Brady - funding towards a weekly youth club
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£2kfunding towards a weekly youth club
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE SUSAN AND STEPHEN JAMES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£500
THE SUSAN AND STEPHEN JAMES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£250

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2021£10kLangdon Brady social action projects
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kCommunity Volunteering Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KisharonLangdon.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LANGDON FOUNDATION£427k——unclear—no doubt
KisharonLangdon FY2025£19.0m——unclear—no doubt
LANGDON COLLEGE FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
LANDAU LIMITED FY2024£2.9m——below—no doubt
THE BETH JACOB FOUNDATION FY2025£393k—0unclear—noted
BASICS PLUS FY2025£862k—0unclear—no doubt

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