Lilley Benevolent Trust

Analysis

Lilley Benevolent Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tenterden. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lilley Benevolent Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £40k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £25k to £21k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lilley Benevolent Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope for the African Village Child (£21k), Ted Baker Trust (£21k) and Thames Valley Heartbeat (£21k).

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.