Lauderdale House Society Ltd

Analysis

Lauderdale House Society Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01352278). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lauderdale House Society Ltd reported income of £767k and spending of £610k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £304k to £767k (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 306%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lauderdale House Society Ltd sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council for British Research in the Levant (£766k), Tangled Feet Limited (£767k) and The Portico Library and Newsroom (£764k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and investments 17%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 51 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.