The Maurice and Hilda Laing Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Maurice and Hilda Laing Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Maurice and Hilda Laing Charitable Trust reported income of £692k and spending of £1.3m, spending 189% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £783k to £692k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 170% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Maurice and Hilda Laing Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ort UK Foundation (£691k), Rowanville Limited (£692k) and R-Evolution (£691k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £26.5m would cover about 238 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.