The Guyll-Leng Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Guyll-Leng Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Guyll-Leng Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £819k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £13k to £1.2m (+8593%), an average of +205% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 4008%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Guyll-Leng Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (£1.2m), The Nehemiah Project (£1.2m) and Beth-Ezra Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £789k. Reserves of £3.6m would cover about 53 months of spending at that rate.