The Love Trust for Indian Children in Need

Analysis

The Love Trust for Indian Children in Need is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shoreham-by-Sea. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Love Trust for Indian Children in Need reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £11k (-30%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Love Trust for Indian Children in Need sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Easterford Lodge No 2342 Masonic Benevolent Fund (£11k), Oldfield Trust (£11k) and Greater Evangelism World Crusade Church (Gewc) (£10k).

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.