The May Lady Tennyson Memorial Ambulance Trust

Analysis

The May Lady Tennyson Memorial Ambulance Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle Of Wight. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The May Lady Tennyson Memorial Ambulance Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,796 to £14k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 May Lady Tennyson Memorial Ambulance Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellington Hospital League of Friends (£14k), Bury St Edmunds Men's Shed (£14k) and Sheila Hind Trust (£14k).