Thorne Lodge Charitable Trust

Analysis

Thorne Lodge Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1988, 38 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, Thorne Lodge Charitable Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £123k, spending 351% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28k to £35k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 365% 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, Thorne Lodge Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rowland Betty Memorial Trust (£35k), The AnnikaH Foundation (£35k) and East Garston Village Hall (£35k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.