The Linbury Trust

Analysis

The Linbury Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 Linbury Trust reported income of £5.7m and spending of £9.1m, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £5.7m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 279%. Over the whole period it spent 164% 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 Linbury Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Office of Health Economics (£5.7m), Treetops Hospice Trust (£5.7m) and University of Lincoln Students Union (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 56% and donations and legacies 44%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.1m. Reserves of £135.0m would cover about 178 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.