The Lewin Trust

Analysis

The Lewin Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lewin Trust reported income of £547k and spending of £1.7m, spending 316% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £3,434 to £547k (+15834%), an average of +442% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 8389%. Over the whole period it spent 409% 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 Lewin Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lewis and Teruko Shaw Foundation (£546k), The PFC Trust (£549k) and the Shoftim Charitable Trust (£546k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.6m. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

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.