The Llysdinam Trust

Analysis

The Llysdinam Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in April 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Llysdinam Trust reported income of £231k and spending of £442k, spending 191% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £152k to £231k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Llysdinam 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urgent Projects (£231k), Be Free Campaign (£231k) and Eyes on the Future (£231k).

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.