The Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08650570). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £26k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £40 to £26k (+64625%), an average of +404% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 94775%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Glynde Place Charitable Trust (1974) (£26k), The Whitbybird Foundation (£26k) and Garment and Textile Workers Trust (£26k).