Thomas Lilley Memorial Trust

Analysis

Thomas Lilley Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. 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. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Thomas Lilley Memorial Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £70k, spending 191% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £30k to £37k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 152% 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, Thomas Lilley Memorial Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lord Belstead Children's Settlement (£37k), Rotary Club of Caterham Charity Fund (£37k) and The Basil Fisher Foundation (£37k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.