The Lindsay-Fynn Trust

Analysis

The Lindsay-Fynn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 1977, 49 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 December 2025, The Lindsay-Fynn Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £19k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,291 to £34k (+435%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 Lindsay-Fynn Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunderland Maritime Heritage (£34k), Cardigan Cancer Care (£34k) and The Iliffe Family Charitable Trust (£34k).