Budleigh Salterton Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Budleigh Salterton Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, 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, Budleigh Salterton Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £104k and spending of £67k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2025, income grew from £34k to £104k (+209%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 94%. 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, Budleigh Salterton Lions Club (CIO) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assembly of God (King's Christian Centre) (£104k), Prophetic Guidance (£104k) and Swanland Education Africa Trust (£103k).