Hastings Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Hastings Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexhill-On-Sea. It was registered in July 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2026, Hastings Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £24k and spending of £31k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income fell from £140k to £24k (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Hastings Lions Club (CIO) sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hopscotch Afterschool Club (£24k), CLWB Hwyl Henryd (£24k) and Burghley Road Under Fives Community Centre (£24k).