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LENCH'S TRUST

Registered charity 1145847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lench's Trust is an Almshouse Charity, providing care and quality homes to people over the age of 55 in need, in and around Birmingham, attempting to reduce social isolation within this demographic and creating communities within our Schemes.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a total surplus of £269,104 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased housing income and investment gains. The Trustees confirm that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis despite inflationary pressures.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The full-time equivalent number of staff who received remuneration greater than £60,000 (including the executive team): 2024 Number 2” — page 28
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £1.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Lench's Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/02/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.2m
Reserves (reported)
£584k
Employees
39

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.3m£3.2m
31/12/2023£3.0m£2.8m
31/12/2022£2.6m£2.5m
31/12/2021£2.6m£2.4m
31/12/2020£2.3m£2.3m

Common questions

Is LENCH'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a total surplus of £269,104 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased housing income and investment gains. The Trustees confirm that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis despite inflationary pressures. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

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
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LENCH'S TRUST£3.3m—2unclear—no doubt
LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES FY2025£179k—0above—no doubt
Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses FY2024£3.5m——below—no doubt
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025£480k—0above—no doubt
THE LIVERSAGE TRUST FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE HENRY COVENTRY ALMSHOUSES CHARITY FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt

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