Shakespeare Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Shakespeare Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It was registered in April 2018, 8 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Shakespeare Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £14k and spending of £18k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9,099 to £14k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Shakespeare Lions Club (CIO) 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 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abbots Langley School Association (£14k), The Ruth Sutton Trust for Music (£14k) and Thorpe Marriott Village Hall (£14k).