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The London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited

The London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 283813) based in London, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £70m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as London Marathon Trust, The London Marathon, London Marathon Foundation (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £70m (2025)
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About

What it does
Disability, Amateur Sport, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.londonmarathonfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited
Registered
1982

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£70m£64m
  • 2024£63m£58m
  • 2023£50m£51m
Earlier years
  • 2022£43m£40m
  • 2021£36m£30m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION IN AMATEUR SPORT AND HEALTHY PHYSICAL RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THOSE CITIES OR COUNTIES WHERE LMEL (OR SUCH OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME) HOLDS EVENTS AND IN SUCH OTHER AREAS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE, IMPROVE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING, IMPROVING OR PROMOTING: A) PUBLIC FACILITIES, AMENITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR HEALTHY PHYSICAL RECREATION AND PLAY; B) FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; C) THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SPORT, PLAY AND HEALTHY PHYSICAL RECREATION; D) VOLUNTEERING IN SPORT AND HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY; AND E) EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SPORTS COACHES AND SPORTS VOLUNTEERS. 2.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CHARITABLE" OR THE WORDS "CHARITABLE PURPOSES" IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 2.3 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE ARTICLES, ‘SPORT’ SHALL MEAN ANY SPORT OR GAME WHICH PROMOTES HEALTH THROUGH PHYSICAL EXERTION.

Grants given

836 grants · £72,262,242 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.

Top recipients

  • The Greater London Authority · £4,407,900 (3 grants)
  • Transport for London · £2,685,000 (3 grants)
  • Access Sport CIO · £2,660,016 (7 grants)
  • Age UK · £1,995,000
  • Essex County Council · £1,540,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • London Borough of Hackney £400,0002025-12-03
  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets £150,0002025-12-03
  • The Selby Trust £500,0002025-12-03
  • Transport for London £600,0002025-12-03
  • Upshot Systems CIC £102,0002025-12-03
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.

12 trustees on the board

2.7y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 10Amateur Sport 8Education/training 3Recreation 2General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Arts and leisure 14Health and social care 9Education 6

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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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£62.7m latest income
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.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.9 in 2020

11 from 9 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
283813
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/03/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/02/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/07/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 APR 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 MAY 2021 as amended on 08 Jun 2022 as amended on 17 Jan 2023
Companies House
Company number 01550741 · Active
Contact on the register
02079020215 · info@londonmarathonfoundation.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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