The Ol Lentille Trust

Analysis

The Ol Lentille Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Ol Lentille Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £39k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £14k to £36k (+154%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 279%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Ol Lentille Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Landowners of Crosthwaite and Lyth (£36k), Essex Birdwatching Society (£37k) and The Dell Cherian Charity (£36k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.