The Lyneal Trust

Analysis

The Lyneal Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ellesmere. It was registered in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lyneal Trust reported income of £81k and spending of £128k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £60k to £81k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Lyneal Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pegasus Playscheme (£81k), Riaz Ul Karam (£81k) and Camden People First (£81k).

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.