Laurence's Larder

Registered charity 1185983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LAURENCE'S LARDER AND OPEN KITCHEN, THE LARDER

The prevention or relief of poverty in the London Borough of Brent by providing food, clothing,and such other items and services as the trustees may determine.

Objects

‘THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT BY PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, FACILITIES FOR WASHING AND SUCH OTHER ITEMS AND SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE’.

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

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

Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£177k

Latest spending

£146k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £31,202 for the year, with total income rising to £176,997 and total expenditure at £145,795. Unrestricted reserves stood at £105,387, which the trustees state represents approximately nine months of planned expenditure, exceeding their policy target of six months' running costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ running costs in unrestricted funds (held: £105k)

“The charity’s income is uncertain and sporadic, so the trustees aim to reserve the equivalent of six months’ running costs in unrestricted funds.” — page 18

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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)

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 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £13,757 — grants £13,757 (2); 8% of the £176,997 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 70
Government income: £16,400 — grants £16,400 (2); 10% of the £160,652 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £67,974 — grants £67,974 (1); 38% of the £177,161 total gross income on the same return

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Louisa Pauchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Chloe Varnals Court
Louise Pudney
Michael Krzyzanowski
Saul Venit
Toby York
Victoria Bentley

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£177k	£146k
31/03/2025	£161k	£127k
31/03/2024	£177k	£127k
31/03/2023	£31k	£57k
31/03/2022	£93k	£64k

Common questions

Is Laurence's Larder financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £31,202 for the year, with total income rising to £176,997 and total expenditure at £145,795. Unrestricted reserves stood at £105,387, which the trustees state represents approximately nine months of planned expenditure, exceeding their policy target of six months' running costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters identified. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Laurence's Larder?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Laurence's Larder as a grant recipient include THE RODDICK FOUNDATION, THE INMAN CHARITY, CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£6k	Pilot project for Alexandra Rose Fruit and Veg Voucher scheme
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	Social - Older People and Social Welfare
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2025	£20k	Combatting social isolation and the cost of living crisis
UK government	25/09/2020	£7k	VSCE CMC Fund

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
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£15k
The Peter Willmott Foundation	1	£10k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINCOLN COMMUNITY LARDER.

LINCOLN COMMUNITY LARDER income £116k
LANTERN OF LIGHT income £105k
THE LEONARD CHAMBERLAIN TRUST income £356k
AB LAHER CHARITABLE TRUST income £218k
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CENTRE income £122k
THE LARCHES TRUST LIMITED income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Laurence's Larder	£177k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LINCOLN COMMUNITY LARDER FY2025	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
LANTERN OF LIGHT FY2025	£105k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE LEONARD CHAMBERLAIN TRUST FY2025	£356k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AB LAHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£218k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CENTRE FY2025	£122k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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