The Lyndhurst Trust

Analysis

The Lyndhurst Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lyndhurst Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £72k, spending 205% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £35k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 245% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lyndhurst Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Red House, Stepney (Incorporated) (£35k), Gur Manchester Trust (£35k) and The Friends of Carlton Hill (£35k).

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.