The Lyons Trust

Analysis

The Lyons Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Lyons Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £195k, spending 1104% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £810k to £18k (-98%), an average of -62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Lyons Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bernays Charitable Trust (£18k), Salcott-Cum-Virley Village Hall (£18k) and The Rotary Club of Carlton Trust Fund (£18k).

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.