London Development Trust Ltd

Analysis

London Development Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11736891). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, London Development Trust Ltd reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £242k to £1.2m (+384%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, London Development Trust Ltd sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Sacar (£1.2m), Greater Change Foundation (£1.2m) and Hammersmith and Fulham Mencap (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and donations and legacies 11%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 22%. It employed 29 people.

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.