Holy Island of Lindisfarne Community Development Trust

Analysis

Holy Island of Lindisfarne Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berwick Upon Tweed. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06776737). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Holy Island of Lindisfarne Community Development Trust reported income of £257k and spending of £230k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £138k to £257k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Holy Island of Lindisfarne Community Development Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fareham Citizens Advice Bureau (£257k), Gospel for Tribals Social Service Society (£257k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Barnstaple (£256k).