Lantra

Analysis

Lantra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in NR Coventry. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02823181). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lantra reported income of £13.5m and spending of £13.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.7m to £13.5m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lantra sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vernon Educational Trust Limited (£13.5m), Manchester High School for Girls (£13.5m) and The Smith Foundation (£13.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £6.7m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 145 people.