Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust reported income of £227k and spending of £242k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £172k to £227k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penistone Agricultural Society Ltd (£226k), Elleray Community Association (£228k) and Inspire South Tyneside (£225k).