Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newquay. It was registered in January 2020, 6 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 services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £58k and spending of £59k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9,240 to £58k (+531%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 549%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club (CIO) sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basford Hall Miners Welfare Centre (£58k), The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust (£58k) and Kids Konnect Ltd. (£58k).

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.