The Stuart and Ellen Lyons Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Stuart and Ellen Lyons Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Stuart and Ellen Lyons Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £26k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £255k to £55k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 745%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Stuart and Ellen Lyons Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North West Pre-hospital Critical Care Charity (£55k), Wolverhampton Samaritans (£55k) and Arooj (£55k).