John Laing Charitable Trust

Analysis

John Laing Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1964, 62 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, John Laing Charitable Trust reported income of £2.5m and spending of £3.5m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.5m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, John Laing Charitable 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 Pec Trust (£2.5m), The Badur Foundation (£2.6m) and Yesodey Hatorah Girls School Limited (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.0m. Reserves of £80.1m would cover about 276 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.