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Langdale Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 215317BirminghamGrant-making and general purposes
Income£148k2025-11-30
Spending£259ksame year
Spent / received110%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Langdale Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Langdale Trust reported income of £148k and spending of £259k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £183k to £148k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Langdale Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Martyn Bracegirdle Charitable Foundation (£148k), The Rothes Charitable Trust (£148k) and Peter Samuel Charitable Trust (£148k).

Income and spending

£0£65k£129k£194k£259k2021 Income: £182,7322021 Spending: £155,85820212022 Income: £171,7212022 Spending: £172,23720222023 Income: £167,6082023 Spending: £171,30720232024 Income: £195,2252024 Spending: £190,56120242025 Income: £147,9622025 Spending: £258,5972025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Trustees make grants to various charitable institutions. The Trustees consider applications in or around June each year with successful applicants being notified in November of the same year.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Martyn Bracegirdle Charitable FoundationNorthwich£148k
The Rothes Charitable TrustLondon£148k
Peter Samuel Charitable TrustReading£148k
McGrath Taylor Family Charitable TrustBristol£148k