The James and Frieda Lund Trust

Analysis

The James and Frieda Lund Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fornham St. Martin. It was registered in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The James and Frieda Lund Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, The James and Frieda Lund Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Property Held for the Wheathampstead Women's Institute (£22k), Chesham Arts Festival (£22k) and Elias John Wilkinson Gibb Memorial (£22k).