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THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 278460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity grants donations to charitable organisations in the fields of children and young people, social welfare and health, with a priority to those organisations supporting disabled adults.

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Latest income
£8.1m
Latest spending
£563k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £231,899, which the Trustees consider to be in accordance with their policy of expending income to the fullest amount each year. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £6,721,108, driven largely by a significant donation of shares valued at £7,411,461, despite a net loss on investment revaluations of £800,817.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (92% of income)
“In June 2024, the charity received 642,241 Eskmuir Properties Limited shares from the Kirby Laing Foundation at a value of £7,411,461.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to expend income to the fullest amount each year with any reserves to be used in the following year (held: £232k)
“unrestricted reserves of £231,839 were carried forward in accordance with the Trustees' policy on reserves, which is to expend income to the fullest amount each year with any reserves to be used in the following year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The trustees made a one-off donation of £25,000 to The Chiltern Centre, a registered charity. Christopher Laing is a patron of The Chiltern Centre.
“The trustees made a one-off donation of £25,000 to The Chiltern Centre, a registered charity. Christopher Laing is a patron of The Chiltern Centre. The trustees also made a one-off donation of £5,000 to the John Laing Charitable Trust, a registered charity. The trustees of the John Laing Charitable Trust include Christopher Laing.” — page 17
“The trustees also made a one-off donation of £5,000 to the John Laing Charitable Trust, a registered charity. The trustees of the John Laing Charitable Trust include Christopher Laing.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation of £5,000 to John Laing Charitable Trust, where a trustee serves.
“The trustees made a one-off donation of £25,000 to The Chiltern Centre, a registered charity. Christopher Laing is a patron of The Chiltern Centre. The trustees also made a one-off donation of £5,000 to the John Laing Charitable Trust, a registered charity. The trustees of the John Laing Charitable Trust include Christopher Laing.” — page 17
“The trustees also made a one-off donation of £5,000 to the John Laing Charitable Trust, a registered charity. The trustees of the John Laing Charitable Trust include Christopher Laing.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 05/04/2025)

Total income
£8.1m
Total spending
£563k
Cost of raising funds
£50k
Reserves (reported)
£232k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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
05/04/2025£8.1m£563k
05/04/2024£478k£604k
05/04/2023£504k£508k
05/04/2022£455k£345k
05/04/2021£395k£689k

Common questions

Is THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £231,899, which the Trustees consider to be in accordance with their policy of expending income to the fullest amount each year. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £6,721,108, driven largely by a significant donation of shares valued at £7,411,461, despite a net loss on investment revaluations of £800,817. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.

Who funds THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kDonations from corporations and trusts

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
STEWARDS COMPANY LTD1£311k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£30k
Verso Vineyard Church Limited1£20k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION1£10k
QUORN BAPTIST CHURCH1£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S CHURCH WESTHAMPNETT1£5k
BROADMEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DAVID LAING FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION£8.1m—0within—no doubt
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION FY2025£350k—0above—no doubt
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST FY2025£2.9m—0above—no doubt
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION FY2025£867k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION FY2025£14.9m—0above—no doubt
THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION FY2025£639k—0unclear—no doubt

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