The C L Loyd Charitable Trust

Analysis

The C L Loyd Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in January 1973, 53 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 April 2025, The C L Loyd Charitable Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £167k, spending 261% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £63k to £64k (+2.2%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 165% 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 C L Loyd 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 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The LHR Charitable Foundation (£64k), The Brendish Family Foundation (£64k) and The Pinching Family Trust (£64k).

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.