Derwent Lions Club

Analysis

Derwent Lions Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Derwent Lions Club reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1,289 to £13k (+871%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 1050%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Derwent Lions Club sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CLWB Plant Amlwch (£13k), The Sheppard Charitable Trust (£13k) and Hopwood County Primary School Parents Teachers and Friends Association (£13k).

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.