Truro Lions Club

Analysis

Truro Lions Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in August 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 provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Truro Lions Club reported income of £28k and spending of £30k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £11k to £28k (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Truro Lions Club sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Braintree Lions Club (CIO) (£28k), Friends of Highfield Primary School Winchmore Hill (£28k) and Newport Family Centre (£28k).

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.