LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST

Registered charity 1175184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST LIMITED, THE LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST

The provision of rented homes for local people who cannot afford to buy or long-term rent accommodation at current market rates.

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Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£211k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £823,763 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £8,331,181. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £870,515, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £871k)

“It is the policy of the Trust to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately six months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: S Woodall is a trustee and also does work for the charity under the name of Green Swallow. S Woodall does the work under the name of his company Green Swallow. He contributes a great deal of time voluntarily to the work of the charity and only charges for specific and necessary work projects. The amounts involved were £10,112 in 2025 and £1,200 in 2024.

“S Woodall is a trustee and also does work for the charity under the name of Green Swallow. S Woodall does the work under the name of his company Green Swallow. He contributes a great deal of time voluntarily to the work of the charity and only charges for specific and necessary work projects. The amounts involved were £10,112 in 2025 and £1,200 in 2024.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Stables Thompson & Briscoe Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Chris Batten — Chair (source)
Lord Inglewood — President (source)

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

29 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (29 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£211k

Cost of raising funds

£10k

Reserves (reported)

£871k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~49.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Thomas Stafford Battenchair
CHARLES ROBERT ANDREW FLANAGAN
Claire McKeever
DOREEN ANNE HALL · trustee of 1 other charity
Diana Ruth Matthews · trustee of 3 other charities
Helen Caldwell · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Roger Bonham · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN HOLMES · trustee of 1 other charity
James Law
Marion Johnston
Stuart Eric Woodall
Susan Marjory Tomlinson
Yasmin Blamire

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.0m	£211k
31/12/2024	£1.2m	£325k
31/12/2023	£472k	£256k
31/12/2022	£756k	£181k
31/12/2021	£1.0m	£156k

Common questions

Is LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £823,763 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £8,331,181. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £870,515, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Stables Thompson & Briscoe Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST	1	£3k
CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WINCHESTER HOUSING TRUST LIMITED.

WINCHESTER HOUSING TRUST LIMITED income £2.0m
THE DUKE OF LANCASTER HOUSING TRUST income £831k
LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED income £194k
DURHAM ACTION ON SINGLE HOUSING LTD income £1.3m
THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST income £569k
Livingston Charitable Trust income £792k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WINCHESTER HOUSING TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE DUKE OF LANCASTER HOUSING TRUST FY2025	£831k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£194k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
DURHAM ACTION ON SINGLE HOUSING LTD FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST FY2024	£569k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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