LEVEL TRUST
Level Trust provides material support to children to help them overcome the devastating impact that poverty can have on their educational outcomes. We do this by providing children with free school uniform, school shoes, winter coats, learning resources and free holiday activities. Alongside this, we help parents access the support they need to provide good care for their children.
Objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LUTON AND THE UK BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state a surplus of £86,939 for the year, with total income rising to £380,516 and unrestricted reserves increasing to £109,898. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £89,898 represent 3.5 months of expenditure, meeting the charity's policy target of holding no less than three months of reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.
What the accounts disclose
“Fundraising Expenses - 14,885”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 40
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024
- Volunteers: 48
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023
- Volunteers: 25
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/07/2022, 1 day after the 30/06/2022 due date).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/11/2025)
- Received assets from another charity (12/11/2025)
Trustees
- Rachel Warwickchair
- Anisah Akthar
- Bina Briggs
- CHRIS CURTIS
- Mostaque Koyes
- Sufian Sadiq
- Wasim Akhtar
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £381k | £294k |
| 31/08/2024 | £307k | £366k |
| 31/08/2023 | £318k | £333k |
| 31/08/2022 | £269k | £282k |
| 31/08/2021 | £450k | £446k |
Common questions
Is LEVEL TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a surplus of £86,939 for the year, with total income rising to £380,516 and unrestricted reserves increasing to £109,898. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £89,898 represent 3.5 months of expenditure, meeting the charity's policy target of holding no less than three months of reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LEVEL TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LEVEL TRUST as a grant recipient include The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited, BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE AMATEURS TRUST, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY, MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 29/07/2025 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 18/09/2024 | £9k | To provide a free school holiday enrichment programme for children experiencing poverty aged between 7 and 11 years old. |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 03/03/2024 | £82k | Supporting costs for the uniform exchange service |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/07/2023 | £236k | The Shop Project |
| Postcode Lottery | 27/09/2022 | £25k | Helping children living in poverty to fully engage in their education |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 09/02/2022 | £25k | Community Delivery Project |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 17/12/2021 | £2k | Winter Hardship Fund |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 29/10/2021 | £2k | Winter Hardship Fund |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 20/01/2021 | £6k | Grant to Level Trust |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 11/01/2021 | £4k | Grant to Level Trust |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 22/12/2020 | £40k | Continue to support children and young people in poverty and disadvantage |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/12/2020 | £9k | We Are Luton |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 19/11/2020 | £2k | Grant to Level Trust |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 03/07/2020 | £19k | Grant to Level Trust |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 09/04/2020 | £8k | Grant to Level Trust |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 30/01/2020 | £42k | Grant to Level Trust |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 13/10/2019 | £8k | Grant to Level Trust |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 31/01/2019 | £10k | I Love Learning |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 31/10/2018 | £91k | The Uniform Exchange |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | 09/05/2018 | £10k | Grant to Level Trust |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/03/2016 | £10k | Creating and communicating our Theory of Change |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 28/05/2014 | £4k | The Child Poverty Team |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE TRUEMARK TRUST | 2 | £16k |
| FORD BRITAIN TRUST | 2 | £8k |
| THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £610k |
| THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST | 1 | £250k |
| DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £56k |
| CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL | 1 | £27k |
| JEG TRUST LIMITED | 1 | £25k |
| THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | 1 | £18k |
Charities like this
- CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST
- HELPING DISABILITIES TRUST
- 2020 Levels
- FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION
- LEVEL CENTRE LIMITED
- THE STEP UP PRE-SCHOOL
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEVEL TRUST | £381k | — | 0 | unclear | 3.9% | no doubt |
| CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST | £403k | £39,747 | 0 | unclear | 58.6% | no doubt |
| HELPING DISABILITIES TRUST | £131k | — | 0 | above | 9.4% | no doubt |
| 2020 Levels | £711k | — | — | below | — | no doubt |
| FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION | £30k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LEVEL CENTRE LIMITED | £482k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |