The Loughborough Welfare Trusts

Analysis

The Loughborough Welfare Trusts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Loughborough Welfare Trusts reported income of £36k and spending of £39k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £24k to £36k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Loughborough Welfare Trusts sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blyth Foodbank (£36k), Pentecostal Church Centre, Burbage (£36k) and Exploits (£36k).

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.