London Legal Support Trust

Analysis

London Legal Support Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04930926). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, London Legal Support Trust reported income of £5.0m and spending of £4.9m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £5.0m (+309%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, London Legal Support Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Co-Mission Churches Trust (£5.0m), Oxfordshire Community Churches (£5.0m) and The Goyal Foundation (£5.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75% and trading 24%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.3m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.