The London Scottish Headquarters Trust (The Headquarters Trust)

Analysis

The London Scottish Headquarters Trust (The Headquarters Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1967, 59 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 March 2025, The London Scottish Headquarters Trust (The Headquarters Trust) reported income of £72k and spending of £153k, spending 213% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £72k (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 410% 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, The London Scottish Headquarters Trust (The Headquarters Trust) sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust (£72k), The Andor Charitable Trust (£72k) and The Sheila Carr Foundation (£72k).

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.