Olive Lantern Trust

Analysis

Olive Lantern Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Olive Lantern Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £36k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £47k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Olive Lantern Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Itambira Island Trust (£47k), Blackfordby Old School Room (£47k) and Calne Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£47k).