Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust

Analysis

Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, 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, Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £21k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £23k to £22k (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Hild and St Helen Christian Fellowship (£22k), The Petra Foundation (£22k) and Soham Relief in Need Charity (£22k).