The Lauderdale Trust

Analysis

The Lauderdale Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Lauderdale Trust reported income of £387k and spending of £1.1m, spending 292% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income grew from £77k to £387k (+404%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 324%. Over the whole period it spent 456% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Lauderdale Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul Crofton, Orpington (£387k), Ivel Gospel Hall Trust (£387k) and Newcastle Upon Tyne West Methodist Circuit (£387k).

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.