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Livingston Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1180801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JUMANI CHARITABLE TRUST

Relieve poverty and financial hardship through the provision of grants, loans, goods or services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£792k
Latest spending
£522k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £624,692, exceeding the trustees' policy target of three to six months' running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £269,234 for the year, driven by unrestricted income of £791,555 against expenditure of £522,321. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month's running costs (held: £625k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's running costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received donations from companies they direct
“During the year the charity received a total of £527,633 from companies in which the trustees are directors. The trustees also donated £4,659 to the charity.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income
£792k
Total spending
£522k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Pakistan · Tanzania · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£792k£522k
31/12/2023£873k£659k
31/12/2022£706k£920k
31/12/2021£878k£669k
31/12/2020£352k£334k

Common questions

Is Livingston Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £624,692, exceeding the trustees' policy target of three to six months' running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £269,234 for the year, driven by unrestricted income of £791,555 against expenditure of £522,321. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
M B FOUNDATION (ALSO KNOWN AS MOSSAD HORAV MOSHE ARYEH HALEVY)1£490k
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITED1£106k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY BARNES1£7k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION1£5k
BCH TRUST1£4k
LONDON CATALYST1£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k
UK FRIENDS OF YAD YISROEL INCORPORATING SPONSOR A MEAL FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KOLLEL BINYAN SIMCHA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Livingston Charitable Trust£792k—0above—no doubt
KOLLEL BINYAN SIMCHA FY2025£573k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024£181k—0above—no doubt
LIV (UK) FY2025£212k—0within—no doubt
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVNOS BAYIS LIMITED FY2024£162k—0below—no doubt

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