The Lyndal Tree Foundation

Analysis

The Lyndal Tree Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lyndal Tree Foundation reported income of £154k and spending of £92k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £102k to £154k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Lyndal Tree Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home Start Havering & Redbridge Limited (£154k), Stonehouse Gang (£154k) and The Fun Club at Ysgol Maes Y Felin (£153k).