Laspen Trust

Analysis

Laspen Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1978, 48 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, Laspen Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £20k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £10k to £13k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 209% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Laspen Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calne Heritage Centre Trust (£13k), Christian Partners in Africa (£13k) and Wotton-Under-Edge and District Volunteers (£13k).

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.