Leeds African Communities Charitable Trust (Lac Trust)

Analysis

Leeds African Communities Charitable Trust (Lac Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leeds African Communities Charitable Trust (Lac Trust) reported income of £83k and spending of £48k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £83k (+429%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 293%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leeds African Communities Charitable Trust (Lac Trust) sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southgate Family Church (£83k), Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini (£83k) and Adventure Ashram (£83k).