The Hornby Lonsdale Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hornby Lonsdale Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Hornby Lonsdale Charitable Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £76k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £39k to £60k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Hornby Lonsdale Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faith in Queens Park (£60k), Miss Muriel Liddiatt Charitable Trust (£60k) and Pinhoe Community Centre - America Hall (£59k).

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.