The de LA Rue Charitable Trust

Analysis

The de LA Rue Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in July 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The de LA Rue Charitable Trust reported income of £72k and spending of £66k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £58k to £72k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The de LA Rue Charitable Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 Ryedale Community and Leisure Centre (£72k), The Skye High Foundation Ltd (£72k) and Samaritans of Macclesfield and District (£72k).