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JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 236852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAING'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £80.1 million in unrestricted funds, with total assets reaching £80.1 million at year-end 2025. Per the trustees' report, the investment portfolio increased in value to £78.8 million, generating significant net gains that contributed to a positive net movement in funds of £7.1 million. The trustees confirm sufficient unrestricted funds exist to remain operational on a going concern basis.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£3.5m
Cost of raising funds
£295k
Reserves (reported)
£80.1m
Employees
13

Trustees

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

Operates in: Australia · Netherlands · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.5m£3.5m
31/12/2024£2.5m£3.1m
31/12/2023£2.4m£2.9m
31/12/2022£2.3m£2.3m
31/12/2021£2.3m£2.2m

Common questions

Is JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity holds £80.1 million in unrestricted funds, with total assets reaching £80.1 million at year-end 2025. Per the trustees' report, the investment portfolio increased in value to £78.8 million, generating significant net gains that contributed to a positive net movement in funds of £7.1 million. The trustees confirm sufficient unrestricted funds exist to remain operational on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN, THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION, THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAINFY2023£40k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k

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
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION1£1k

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