Miss Lancaster's 1994 Charitable Trust

Analysis

Miss Lancaster's 1994 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Miss Lancaster's 1994 Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £4,580, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Miss Lancaster's 1994 Charitable Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% 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 Hannah Bloom Charitable Trust (£13k), Catherington Village Hall (£13k) and Second University House Trust (£13k).