Lao Educational Opportunities Trust

Analysis

Lao Educational Opportunities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Lao Educational Opportunities Trust reported income of £234k and spending of £220k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £58k to £234k (+304%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lao Educational Opportunities Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derbyshire Lgbt+ Ltd (£234k), Shackles Off Youth & Community Project (£234k) and The Magnus Educational Foundation (£234k).