LACES TRUST

Registered charity 289239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education and the relief of sickness by promoting or providing for the benefit of the public study, research and instruction in ethics and other philosophical disciplines as a part of or as related to medicine and any subject ancillary thereto.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THROUGH PROMOTING OR PROVIDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC STUDY RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION IN ETHICS AND OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL DISCIPLINES AS A PART OF OR AS RELATED TO MEDICINE AND ANY SUBJECT ANCILLARY THERETO.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £23,933 for the year ended 5 April 2025, bringing the accumulated unrestricted surplus to £853,156. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient donor commitments to continue activities for the foreseeable future, supporting the going concern basis. No minimum reserves policy is stated, and the trustees maintain flexibility regarding the timing and scale of future donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • 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: Oxfordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£105k£81k
05/04/2024£62k£51k
05/04/2023£106k£93k
05/04/2022£65k£61k
05/04/2021£51k£65k

Common questions

Is LACES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £23,933 for the year ended 5 April 2025, bringing the accumulated unrestricted surplus to £853,156. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient donor commitments to continue activities for the foreseeable future, supporting the going concern basis. No minimum reserves policy is stated, and the trustees maintain flexibility regarding the timing and scale of future donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LACES EDUCATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LACES TRUST£105k—0unclear—no doubt
LACES EDUCATIONAL FY2026£81k——unclear—no doubt
THE LACE MARKET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£213k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS DIOCESE CHARITABLE SOCIETY TRUST FY2025£42k——above—no doubt
LEEDS DIOCESAN TRUST FY2026£13.3m——above—no doubt
OSTEOPATHIC TRUSTS FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt

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