The Lesley Haskins Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Lesley Haskins Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lesley Haskins Charitable Trust reported income of £147k and spending of £32k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £121k to £147k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Lesley Haskins Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 The 78 Derngate Northampton Trust (£146k), The Thomas Freke and Lady Norton Charity (£147k) and Kenilworth & District Agricultural Society (£146k).