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THE LAWRENCE BARHAM MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 291459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LBMT

The Charity seeks to advance the Christian faith through its support of the church in East Africa

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES, BEING NOT LESS THAN THREE IN NUMBER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is closing down, resulting in £nil unrestricted reserves at the year-end. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the intention to cease operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income for the year comprises revenue from donations and legacies.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At the 5 April 2026 the Trust had £nil reserves following a decision by the trustees to close the charity”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“As a result of this the accounts are prepared on a basis other than Going Concern.” — page 5
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 05/04/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2022

  • 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: Burundi · Rwanda · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£103k£107k
05/04/2025£2k£2k
05/04/2024£2k£2k
05/04/2023£6k£201k
05/04/2022£201k£53k

Common questions

Is THE LAWRENCE BARHAM MEMORIAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is closing down, resulting in £nil unrestricted reserves at the year-end. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the intention to cease operations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE LAWRENCE BARHAM MEMORIAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LAWRENCE BARHAM MEMORIAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST, MAIDSTONE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST, MAIDSTONEFY2023Unverified read£2kInstitutional Grant
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST, MAIDSTONEFY2021£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST, MAIDSTONEFY2024£1kHome Mission and other Church Societies
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST, MAIDSTONEFY2022Unverified read£1kHome Mission and other Church Societies

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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
GNANAM FOUNDATION1£50k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST1£5k
WESTWAY TRUST1£1k
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH1£1k
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LAWRENCE BARHAM MEMORIAL TRUST£103k—0below—not going concern
LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST FY2025£104k—0above—no doubt
EMMANUEL TRUST WOKINGHAM FY2026£62k—0above—no doubt
THE AMR SCIAMA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION MATTERS FY2025£366k—0unclear—no doubt
TBF TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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