Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club Charity Trust Fund

Analysis

Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club Charity Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club Charity Trust Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £12k to £19k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club Charity Trust Fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wrexham Community Gardeners (£19k), Lancashire Council of Mosques (£19k) and The Farriers Foundation (£19k).