LANGDALE TRUST

Registered charity 215317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees make grants to various charitable institutions. The Trustees consider applications in or around June each year with successful applicants being notified in November of the same year.

Objects

TO PAY APPLY OR APPROPRIATE THE WHOLE OF THE SAID TRUST FUND TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£148k
Latest spending
£259k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £110,635 before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £442,137 after significant investment gains of £552,772. Total net assets increased to £5,967,206, with unrestricted reserves (general fund) standing at £150,326. The trustees consider the general fund to be the charity's reserves, intended to cover running costs for two to three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two to three years of running costs (reserves figure: £150k)
“The trustees consider the general fund to be the charity's reserves, to be called upon if needed to ensure that the charity's running costs can be met for two to three years.” — page 5
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 30/11/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/11/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/11/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£148k£259k
30/11/2024£195k£191k
30/11/2023£168k£171k
30/11/2022£172k£172k
30/11/2021£183k£156k

Common questions

Is LANGDALE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £110,635 before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £442,137 after significant investment gains of £552,772. Total net assets increased to £5,967,206, with unrestricted reserves (general fund) standing at £150,326. The trustees consider the general fund to be the charity's reserves, intended to cover running costs for two to three years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LANGDALE TRUST£148k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
G L TILLOTSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
RADFALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£337k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GOODENOUGH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
GRAFF FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt

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