The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust reported income of £540k and spending of £618k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £600k to £540k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Angus Lawson Memorial Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Shimon Yehuda Limited (£540k), British Society of Interventional Radiology (£540k) and The Cambridge Muslim Trust (£540k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 4.6%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.0%. Reserves of £160k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.