Lady Virginia Grant-Lawson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Lady Virginia Grant-Lawson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, economic/community development/employment and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lady Virginia Grant-Lawson Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £15k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lady Virginia Grant-Lawson Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The New Keith Thompson Centre (£12k), Leading Players (£12k) and Christ Victorious Ministry International (£12k).