The League of Friends of the Pod Charitable Trust

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Pod Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The League of Friends of the Pod Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £8,900 to £13k (+43%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 League of Friends of the Pod Charitable 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 Weston-Under-Redcastle Village Hall (£13k), Charity of Thomas Henwood (£13k) and The Mikado Trust (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.