Lamprey Trust

Analysis

Lamprey Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dundee. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lamprey Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £20k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £26k (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lamprey Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Solutions UK (£26k), Oks Educational and Benevolent Trust (£26k) and Old Masonians Benevolent and Grant Fund (£26k).