Lakeland Housing Trust

Analysis

Lakeland Housing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10298071). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lakeland Housing Trust reported income of £1.0m and spending of £211k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.0m (+2.2%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lakeland Housing Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Support the Charity Worker (£991k), Age UK Bexley (£1.1m) and Solicitors Pro Bono Group (£987k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67%, charitable activities 29% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £691k. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Reserves of £871k would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate.