Lodge Hill Trust

Analysis

Lodge Hill Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pulborough. It was registered in August 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03590104). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lodge Hill Trust reported income of £741k and spending of £836k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £642k to £741k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lodge Hill 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 Communities Together East Anglia (£741k), Greater Manchester Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Support Centre CIO (£742k) and John Holford's Charity (£740k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, trading 9.7%, donations and legacies 2.8% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £97k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.