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THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 278461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This is a grant-making trust offering financial support to other charities/voluntary organisations. Grants are made for a wide range of charitable purposes, but there is a particular interest in environmental & conservation projects & in supporting the elderly/infirm & their carers & disadvantaged young people. Projects in Norfolk & Malta may be of particular interest.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.0m
Latest spending
£426k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £421,048 in investment income and made grants totaling £352,982, resulting in a net movement in funds of a loss of £44,513 after investment losses. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £332,854, having been depleted over the previous two years but recovering slightly. The charity maintains a significant investment portfolio valued at £13,869,098 and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £333k)
“The Trustees meet three times a year to consider the performance of their investment portfolio, approve the distribution of grants and review policies on reserves and risk assessment”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to John Laing Charitable Trust, where Trustee Alexandra Gregory is a Trustee.
“Alexandra Catherine Beatrice Jane Gregory is a Trustee of the John Laing Charitable Trust which received a donation of £10,000 during the year. There were no other related party donations.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 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
£8.0m
Total spending
£426k
Cost of raising funds
£954
Reserves (reported)
£21.3m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% 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: Essex · Hertfordshire · Malta · Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£8.0m£426k
05/04/2024£421k£382k
05/04/2023£397k£592k
05/04/2022£409k£579k
05/04/2021£359k£338k

Common questions

Is THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £421,048 in investment income and made grants totaling £352,982, resulting in a net movement in funds of a loss of £44,513 after investment losses. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £332,854, having been depleted over the previous two years but recovering slightly. The charity maintains a significant investment portfolio valued at £13,869,098 and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.