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LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 295157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAND AID · also registered in Scotland as SC052172 (OSCR)

LandAid is the property industry charity, working to end youth homelessness in the UK. We bring the property industry together to support charities delivering life-changing services for young people who are or have been homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness in the future. Through a unique network of corporate partners, we invest funding and expertise where we can achieve lasting impact.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.6m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £4,474,824 while total expenditure increased to £4,613,357, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £715,805, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £600,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £600,000 (held: £716k)
“The revised policy is to maintain reserves of £600,000 representing an Operating Reserve Provision of £300,000 and a Wind Down Provision of £300,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: LandAid Functions Limited
“The charity has a wholly owned subsidiary, LandAid Functions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (number 02012882), which organises commercial fundraising events and gift aids its full taxable profits to the charity.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LandAid (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.5m
Total spending
£4.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£755k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.5m£4.6m
31/03/2024£4.5m£4.5m
31/03/2023£4.8m£3.9m
31/03/2022£3.3m£3.1m
31/03/2021£2.8m£3.0m

Common questions

Is LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £4,474,824 while total expenditure increased to £4,613,357, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £715,805, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £600,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976, EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INTERNATIONAL) CHARITABLE TRUST, RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ONE KIND ACT, THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976FY2024£22kSocial welfare
EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INTERNATIONAL) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£13k
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kCharitable activities
ONE KIND ACTFY2023£10k
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
ONE KIND ACTFY2024£10k
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976FY2023£4kSocial welfare
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESSFY2023£4k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976FY2025£2kSocial welfare
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2021£1kEmployee Fund Awards - Community Awards
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2021£224Match Funding - Individual Match Funding
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£200
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£200General Charitable Purposes

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation26/11/2015£59kGrant to LandAid Charitable Trust

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
DISRUPT FOUNDATION1£369k
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION1£345k
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS1£260k
THE ABSTRACT FOUNDATION1£250k
UNITED PURPOSE1£59k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£58k
H C D MEMORIAL FUND1£40k
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM1£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED£4.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024£956k—0above—no doubt
WasteAid FY2024£1.2m——below—no doubt
LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
RUSH HOUSE LTD FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
London Homelessness Foundation FY2025£781k—0unclear—no doubt

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