Moyston Trust

Analysis

Moyston Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Moyston Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £3,959, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,814 to £13k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Moyston Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elim Pentecostal Church Pontyates (£13k), Christ Redeeming Church of God (£13k) and Wish to Learn (£13k).