Grantham Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Grantham Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grantham. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, animals and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Grantham Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £13k and spending of £10k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,946 to £13k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Grantham Lions Club (CIO) sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Other People's Educational Needs Health and Necessary Development Schemes Trust (£13k), Rotary Club of Halifax Trust Fund (£13k) and Odiham and District Rotary Club Charitable Fund (£13k).