Sir William Lyons Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sir William Lyons Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Sir William Lyons Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £22k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £20k to £23k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sir William Lyons Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women's Institute Datchet (£23k), Centenary Drama Group and C.d Kids (£23k) and The Carlton Band (£23k).