The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation

Analysis

The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07501756). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation reported income of £49k and spending of £49k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £27k to £49k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 81767%. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mother Humber Memorial Fund (£49k), Dukinfield Congregational Church (£49k) and Friends of St Mary's Mapledurwell (£49k).