Bletchley Milton Keynes Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Bletchley Milton Keynes Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in March 2021, 5 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, Bletchley Milton Keynes Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £18k and spending of £21k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income fell from £45k to £18k (-61%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Bletchley Milton Keynes Lions Club (CIO) sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 Oak Cottage Primary School Parents, Staff and Friends Association (PSFA) (£18k), Weston-On-Trent Village Hall (£18k) and The Old Chapel Community Project (£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.