Lewisham Toy Library

Analysis

Lewisham Toy Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewisham Toy Library reported income of £41k and spending of £44k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £57k to £41k (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lewisham Toy Library sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Victorious Church of Christ (£41k), Masjid Al Huda (£41k) and Welcome Foundation (£41k).