Lyvennet Community Trust

Analysis

Lyvennet Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penrith. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06996964). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lyvennet Community Trust reported income of £90k and spending of £97k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £78k to £90k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Lyvennet Community Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reverend Thomas Brown (£90k), Bexley United Charities (£90k) and The John Turley Memorial Trust (£89k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.