The Children of Lota Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Children of Lota Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Children of Lota Charitable Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £23k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £18k to £25k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Children of Lota Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Turkish and Kurdish Children's Group (£25k), LWS Night Shelter CIO (£25k) and Frere's Almshouses (£25k).