Longleat Charitable Trust

Analysis

Longleat Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Longleat Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £56k, spending 407% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,601 to £14k (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 42539%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Longleat Charitable Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicester Aid in Sickness Fund (£14k), Kujuwa Initiative (£14k) and Abacus Counselling Services Limited (£14k).