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Lench's Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1145847QuintonHealth and saving lives
Income£3.5m2025-12-31
Spending£3.3msame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2012Charitable company
Employees36latest return

Analysis

Lench's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Quinton. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07860164). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lench's Trust reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £3.5m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lench's Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Psychoanalytical Association (£3.5m), Race Against Dementia (£3.5m) and Karimia Association Limited (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 5.0%. Charitable activities took 42% of spending and raising funds 55%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.

Income and spending

£0£878k£1.8m£2.6m£3.5m2021 Income: £2,581,0492021 Spending: £2,362,98020212022 Income: £2,631,3982022 Spending: £2,524,08020222023 Income: £3,048,4262023 Spending: £2,831,75720232024 Income: £3,257,9702024 Spending: £3,153,28320242025 Income: £3,513,7972025 Spending: £3,281,6362025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.5%
  • Charitable activities 95%
  • Investments 5.0%

In the charity's own words

Lench's Trust is an Almshouse Charity, providing care and quality homes to people over the age of 55 in need, in and around Birmingham, attempting to reduce social isolation within this demographic and creating communities within our Schemes.

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International Psychoanalytical Association261a City Road£3.5m
Race Against DementiaOxfordshire£3.5m
Karimia Association LimitedNottingham£3.5m
Juno Women's AidNottingham£3.5m