FRANK LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1164701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONGFORD TRUST

The main work of the Longford Trust is its scholarships programme offering financial, mentoring and employability support to young serving and ex-prisoners to continue their rehabilitation by studying for degrees at UK universities. It also arranges an annual Longford Lecture on prison reform and awards an annual Longford Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of prison reform.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £696,283 in income and spent £585,083 during the year, resulting in a surplus. The filing is unaudited but subject to an independent examination, which reported no material matters of concern regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Longford Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Rachel Billington — “In memory of Kevin Billington (Rachel Billington)” (source page)
• Simon Davis — “In memory of John Butler (Simon Davis)” (source page)
• Dorothea Helena Costopoulos — “The estate of the late Dorothea Helena (Dolly) Costopoulos (1947-2022)” (source page)
• Primrose Campbell — “The Henry Lamb Estate (Primrose Campbell)” (source page)
• Sebastien Chatel — “In memory of Kevin Pakenham (Sebastien Chatel, James Hooper, Ben Pakenham, Hermione Pakenham, Kate Pakenham and Tom Pakenham)” (source page)
• James Hooper — “In memory of Kevin Pakenham (Sebastien Chatel, James Hooper, Ben Pakenham, Hermione Pakenham, Kate Pakenham and Tom Pakenham)” (source page)
• Ben Pakenham — “In memory of Kevin Pakenham (Sebastien Chatel, James Hooper, Ben Pakenham, Hermione Pakenham, Kate Pakenham and Tom Pakenham)” (source page)
• Hermione Pakenham — “In memory of Kevin Pakenham (Sebastien Chatel, James Hooper, Ben Pakenham, Hermione Pakenham, Kate Pakenham and Tom Pakenham)” (source page)
• Kate Pakenham — “In memory of Kevin Pakenham (Sebastien Chatel, James Hooper, Ben Pakenham, Hermione Pakenham, Kate Pakenham and Tom Pakenham)” (source page)
• Tom Pakenham — “In memory of Kevin Pakenham (Sebastien Chatel, James Hooper, Ben Pakenham, Hermione Pakenham, Kate Pakenham and Tom Pakenham)” (source page)
• Beth Stanbridge — “In memory of Beth Stanbridge” (source page)
• Dr Gareth Griffiths — “In memory of Dr Gareth Griffiths” (source page)
• University of Cambridge — “The University of Cambridge (from part of the outstanding funds raised by supporters for Learning Together before this initiative ended, t…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TOM PAKENHAMchair
• Alexander Fletcher
• Coralyn Burge
• Elliot Lawrence Tyler
• Hannah Billington
• Kyle Raymon Jerome Leon McIntosh
• Lady Rachel Billington · trustee of 3 other charities
• Pawel Antoni John O'Donnell Kisielewski
• Tim Kerr
• Victoria Greenwood

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k
• PRISON REFORM TRUST income £2.0m
• The Portal Trust income £8.2m
• The Hardman Trust income £670k
• THE FALDO TRUST FOR TOMORROW'S CHAMPIONS income £407k
• THE GRANTHAM YORKE TRUST income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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