The Ladder Trust

Analysis

The Ladder Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04266271). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ladder Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,418 to £14k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ladder Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for Cardiovascular Research (£14k), Friends of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden (£14k) and Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club (£14k).