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THE LINBURY TRUST

Registered charity 287077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SECOND LINBURY TRUST

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Latest income
£5.7m
Latest spending
£9.1m
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £141.3m to £135.0m due to a net movement in funds of £6.3m, driven by investment losses and grant payments exceeding income. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet commitments as they fall due and identify no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“2025: one employee who earned between £110,000-£120,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for services provided to the Trust exceeded £60,000 was as follows: 2025: one employee who earned between £110,000-£120,000” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient resources to meet commitments as they fall due (held: £135.0m)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to ensure that there are sufficient resources to meet commitments as they fall due.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Lady Sainsbury
“£2.5m of donations were received from Lady Sainsbury which included £0.500m of Gift Aid. (2024: £5m). There were no loans to beneficiaries (2024: £1.5m). During the year, The Linbury Trust approved 85 grants; for three of these a conflict of interest was declared in the applicant organisation.” — page 26
“The following amounts are primarily employee costs and are included in Other Debtors (Note 7). £45,216 due from The JJ Charitable Trust (2024: £5,481) £29,733 due from The Aurora Trust (2024: £31,600) £12,961 due to Mark Leonard Trust (2024: £10,905)” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Inter-trust balances with Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
“£2.5m of donations were received from Lady Sainsbury which included £0.500m of Gift Aid. (2024: £5m). There were no loans to beneficiaries (2024: £1.5m). During the year, The Linbury Trust approved 85 grants; for three of these a conflict of interest was declared in the applicant organisation.” — page 26
“The following amounts are primarily employee costs and are included in Other Debtors (Note 7). £45,216 due from The JJ Charitable Trust (2024: £5,481) £29,733 due from The Aurora Trust (2024: £31,600) £12,961 due to Mark Leonard Trust (2024: £10,905)” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£5.7m
Total spending
£9.1m
Cost of raising funds
£743k
Reserves (reported)
£135.0m
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~178.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.1% of total income — above 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£5.7m£9.1m
05/04/2024£8.0m£9.9m
05/04/2023£2.1m£6.6m
05/04/2022£4.3m£6.2m
05/04/2021£4.4m£8.5m

Common questions

Is THE LINBURY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £141.3m to £135.0m due to a net movement in funds of £6.3m, driven by investment losses and grant payments exceeding income. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet commitments as they fall due and identify no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LINBURY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
SONGDALE LIMITED1£8k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LINBURY TRUST£5.7m£110,001 - £120,0001above—no doubt
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£842k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£245k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEN PICK TRUST FY2025£191k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£284k—0above—no doubt

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