Lewes Exhibition Fund
Analysis
Lewes Exhibition Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewes Exhibition Fund reported income of £49k and spending of £26k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £49k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lewes Exhibition Fund sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calderdale Lighthouse (£49k), The Mary Hatch Almshouses with Diamond Jubilee Cottages (£49k) and Calow Community Association (£49k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The objects of the charity are to administer the freehold property owned by the charity and to apply the income therefrom and the investment income of the charity for the benefit of poor people in the Borough of Lewes (Blunts charity) and provide education grants for people within a distance of 5 miles from the Law Courts in Lewes in the case of the educational purposes fund.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Calderdale Lighthouse | Halifax | £49k |
| The Mary Hatch Almshouses with Diamond Jubilee Cottages | Cambridgeshire | £49k |
| Calow Community Association | Chesterfield | £49k |
| Shrewsbury Secular Clergy Fund | Church Stretton | £49k |