The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03965249). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.0m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £817k to £1.2m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (£1.2m), Urban Outreach (Bolton) (£1.2m) and Aurora Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £776k. Reserves of £312k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.