The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust

Analysis

The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust reported income of £290k and spending of £254k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £216k to £290k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Welsh Association of Youth Clubs (£286k), The Nani Huyu Charitable Trust (£293k) and Kent Coast Volunteering Ltd (£285k).