The Lawns Trust

Analysis

The Lawns Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 March 2025, The Lawns Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £14k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lawns Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnabas Oley's Charity (£14k), Callcott Reilly Trust (£14k) and Muwassa (£14k).