The Beatrice Laing Trust

Analysis

The Beatrice Laing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Beatrice Laing Trust reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.9m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Beatrice Laing Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harpenden Mencap (£2.9m), Combe Hay (£2.9m) and Sanbri Ltd (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £9.4m would cover about 41 months of spending at that rate.