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THE LORD AUSTIN TRUST

Registered charity 208394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERBERT BARON AUSTIN WILL TRUST, LORD AUSTIN TRUST

Financial assistance to Hospitals, and other Organsiations within the Birmingham area

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£136k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,301,221, supported by investment gains of £31,280 which offset a net decrease in operating resources. The Trustees confirm that the balance sheet discloses funds adequate for fulfilling the Trust's obligations and that there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure that the Charity can continue its grant making activities in the future (held: £4.3m)
“The Charity will aim to hold sufficient reserves to ensure that the Charity can continue its grant making activities in the future.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Foundation for Conductive Education
“The Trust made a grant of £Nil (2024: £3,000) to the Foundation for Conductive Education, a Charity which K M Dudley was also a Trustee of.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£134k£136k
31/03/2024£138k£141k
31/03/2023£138k£135k
31/03/2022£115k£110k
31/03/2021£100k£113k

Common questions

Is THE LORD AUSTIN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,301,221, supported by investment gains of £31,280 which offset a net decrease in operating resources. The Trustees confirm that the balance sheet discloses funds adequate for fulfilling the Trust's obligations and that there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 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
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES1£25k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£13k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALDERMAN JOHN NORMAN1£13k
Norwich Freemen's Charity1£10k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST1£10k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£4k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE A. H. TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LORD AUSTIN TRUST£134k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025£359k——unclear—no doubt
G J W TURNER TRUST FY2025£362k—0above—no doubt
ASSIST TRUST FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THOMAS BROMWICH TRUST FY2026£224k—0above—no doubt

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