The Longford Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Longford Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodbridge. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Longford Charitable Trust reported income of £143k and spending of £158k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £124k to £143k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Longford Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stafford Saint Mary (£143k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastial Parish of St James the Great, Haydock (£143k) and Pinner Methodist Church (£143k).