Lions Club of Wanstead and Woodford

Analysis

Lions Club of Wanstead and Woodford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 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, Lions Club of Wanstead and Woodford reported income of £82k and spending of £84k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £13k to £82k (+513%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Lions Club of Wanstead and Woodford sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust ( R11 ) (£82k), Both Parents Matter (£83k) and Peter Lang Children's Trust (£82k).