David Laing Foundation

Analysis

David Laing Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in September 1979, 47 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, David Laing Foundation reported income of £350k and spending of £277k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £162k to £350k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, David Laing Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Camden and Islington (£349k), The Basic Life Charity (£350k) and Scope West Sussex (£349k).