David Lister Charitable Trust

Analysis

David Lister Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in August 2000, 26 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, David Lister Charitable Trust reported income of £492k and spending of £500k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £464k to £492k (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, David Lister Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shri Radhe Foundation (£491k), The Witheren Foundation (£493k) and The J S and E C Rymer Charitable Trust (£491k).