The Laurence Modiano Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Laurence Modiano Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Laurence Modiano Charitable Trust reported income of £66k and spending of £115k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £45k to £66k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 270% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Laurence Modiano Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sedbergh and District CIO (£66k), Burnage Good Neighbours (£66k) and Hilton Food Group Charitable Foundation (£66k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.