The Lord Austin Trust

Analysis

The Lord Austin Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Email for Correspondence Address. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lord Austin Trust reported income of £134k and spending of £136k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £100k to £134k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lord Austin Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plymouth Sports Charity Limited (£134k), Lions International Blood Research Appeal (£134k) and Full Circle Fund Therapies (£134k).