Lydbury North (Educational & Welfare)fund

Analysis

Lydbury North (Educational & Welfare)fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishops Castle. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lydbury North (Educational & Welfare)fund reported income of £14k and spending of £3,282, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,001 to £14k (+251%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 242%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lydbury North (Educational & Welfare)fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chester Women's Aid (£14k), Lancaster Craft Aid Trust (£14k) and Flitwick Combined Charities (£14k).