The Jack Lane Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Jack Lane Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 2002, 24 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. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jack Lane Charitable Trust reported income of £65k and spending of £74k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £47k to £65k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 137% 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 Jack Lane Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carpenter Charitable Trust (£65k), Bolnore Village Community Partnership (£65k) and Carrs Lane Counselling Centre Limited (£65k).

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.