Lawson Beckman Charitable Trust

Analysis

Lawson Beckman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 March 2025, Lawson Beckman Charitable Trust reported income of £239k and spending of £146k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £692k to £239k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lawson Beckman Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% 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 Sri Sathya Sai Charitable Trust UK (£239k), The Humanitarian Trust (£240k) and Treeangle Foundation (£239k).