The Lawton Trust Limited

Analysis

The Lawton Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06946149). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lawton Trust Limited reported income of £120k and spending of £146k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £99k to £120k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lawton Trust Limited sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Selby Almshouses and Poor's Charity (£119k), Hope Church Rhondda (£120k) and Child Action (£119k).