The Banks Lyon Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Banks Lyon Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, The Banks Lyon Memorial Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £131k, spending 771% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £17k (-3.1%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 506% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Banks Lyon Memorial Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abraham's Oasis UK (£17k), Bollington Cross Parent Teacher and Friends Association (£17k) and Friends of Watcombe Primary School (£17k).

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.