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Registered charity · Berks

The Licensed Trade Charity

  • 18 trustees
  • Income £30m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.licensedtradecharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£30m£28m
  • 2023£28m£26m
  • 2022£25m£24m
Earlier years
  • 2021£23m£23m
  • 2020£22m£23m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 27% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

5. THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE APPLIED FOR: 5.1 THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY TO THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF BENEFICIARIES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) LICENSED VICTUALLERS;(B) THE FAMILIES OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS;(C) THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED LICENSED VICTUALLERS;(D) THOSE WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY;(E) THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY;(F) THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED PERSONS PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY.5.2 THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN NEED INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF SHELTERED HOUSING FACILITIES, CONVALESCENT TREATMENT RETIREMENT HOMES, NURSING HOMES AND HEALTH CARE BUT WITH A RIGHT FOR THE CHARITY TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF BENEFICIARIES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) LICENSED VICTUALLERS(B) THE FAMILIES OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS(C) THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED LICENSED VICTUALLERS(D) THOSE WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY(E) THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY(F) THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED PERSONS PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY.5.3 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISIONS OF SCHOOLS AND TRAINING COURSES, BUT WITH THE RIGHT FOR THE CHARITY TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF BENEFICIARIES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) THE OFFSPRING OF DISTRESSED OR IMPOVERISHED LICENSED VICTUALLERS(B) DISTRESSED OR IMPOVERISHED LICENSED VICTUALLERS(C) THE OFFSPRING OF DISTRESSED OR IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES OF DECEASED LICENSED VICTUALLERS(D) THE OFFSPRING OF DISTRESSED OR IMPOVERISHED PERSONS WORKING OR PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY(E) DISTRESSED OR IMPOVERISHED PERSONS WORKING OR PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY (F) THE OFFSPRING OF DISTRESSED OR IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES OF DECEASED PERSONS PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN THE LICENSED DRINKS INDUSTRY.6. THE CHARITY SHALL HAVE FULL POWER TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FEES AND OTHER PAYMENTS ONLY TO THOSE FALLING WITHIN THE CLASSES OF BENEFICIARIES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSES 3 (2) (A) TO (F) ABOVE AND 3(3) (A) TO (F) ABOVE.

Grants received

1 grant · £1,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.4y median 6.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (18)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 18General Charitable Purposes 18The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 18

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 4Other services 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£29.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

16.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 12.7 in 2020

325 from 321 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
27%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
230011
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 03 MAY 1836AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 29 JUN 2012AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 08 FEB 2018
Contact on the register
01344884440 · Chris.Welham@ltcharity.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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