LEVEL TRUST

Registered charity 1178223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£381k
Latest spending
£294k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 3.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising Expenses - 14,885”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Connolly Foundation (UK) LimitedFY2025£50kYoung people/Community
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£42kNot specified
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£40kHigh Sheriff Awards
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2025£30k
The Connolly Foundation (UK) LimitedFY2023£30kGrants, Education
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£22kHigh Sheriff Awards
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2023£19kTowards reconditioned laptops for disadvantaged children
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2023£15k
MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY REDBOURNFY2023£8kDonations from Charitable Finance Committee
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£3kPoverty
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kBedfordshire Stability Fund
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kBedfordshire Coronavirus Emergency Fund
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£2kNot specified
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£760Not specified
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021Unverified read£700Not specified
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, LUTONFY2023£500Home Missions and other Church Societies
Bedford School Foundation TrustFY2022£468Grant
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, LUTONFY2024£158Home Missions and other Church Societies
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTISTFY2021amount not stated
MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation18/09/2024£9kTo provide a free school holiday enrichment programme for children experiencing poverty aged between 7 and 11 years old.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation03/03/2024£82kSupporting costs for the uniform exchange service
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2023£236kThe Shop Project
Postcode Lottery27/09/2022£25kHelping children living in poverty to fully engage in their education
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation09/02/2022£25kCommunity Delivery Project
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation17/12/2021£2kWinter Hardship Fund
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation29/10/2021£2kWinter Hardship Fund
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation20/01/2021£6kGrant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation11/01/2021£4kGrant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation22/12/2020£40kContinue to support children and young people in poverty and disadvantage
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2020£9kWe Are Luton
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation19/11/2020£2kGrant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation03/07/2020£19kGrant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation09/04/2020£8kGrant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation30/01/2020£42kGrant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation13/10/2019£8kGrant to Level Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2019£10kI Love Learning
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2018£91kThe Uniform Exchange
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation09/05/2018£10kGrant to Level Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund16/03/2016£10kCreating and communicating our Theory of Change
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2014£4kThe Child Poverty Team

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 CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEVEL TRUST£381k—0unclear3.9%no doubt
CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST FY2025£403k£39,7470unclear58.6%no doubt
HELPING DISABILITIES TRUST FY2025£131k—0above9.4%no doubt
2020 Levels FY2025£711k——below—no doubt
FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
LEVEL CENTRE LIMITED FY2026£482k—0above—no doubt

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