Walter Lyon Trust

Analysis

Walter Lyon Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Walter Lyon Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £70k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £42k to £54k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Walter Lyon Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% 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 Health Behaviour Group (£54k), The Eric and Margaret Kinder Charitable Trust (£54k) and Celestial Church of Christ Alafia Parish (£54k).