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.

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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

HOWARD JOHN DELLAR · trustee of 7 other charities
Margaret Jane Fulford · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE A. H. TRUST	1	£60k
REMODIFYZ TRUST	1	£25k

Charities like this

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

LACES EDUCATIONAL income £216k
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST income £235.7m
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST income £314k
LTC TRUST CO income £413k
THE LASHES FOUNDATION income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LACES TRUST	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LACES EDUCATIONAL FY2024	£216k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£235.7m	£190,001 - £200,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£4.0m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	below	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£314k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LTC TRUST CO FY2025	£413k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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