Mary Lidstone Trust

Analysis

Mary Lidstone Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Totnes. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Mary Lidstone Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £82k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2023, income grew from £55k to £61k (+11%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Mary Lidstone Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stone with Woodford Playgroup and Toddlers (£61k), The Myner Trust (£61k) and Herefordshire Guide Association (£61k).

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