The Lister Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Lister Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1984, 42 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 April 2025, The Lister Charitable Trust reported income of £142k and spending of £443k, spending 311% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £121k to £142k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 195% 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 Lister Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Diocesan Church of England Council for Social Aid (£142k), Warrington Visually Impaired People (£142k) and The Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust (£142k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.