The Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust reported income of £101k and spending of £61k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £52k to £101k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Lionel Wigram Memorial 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 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newton Aycliffe Youth & Community Centre (£101k), Forde Park Community Project (£101k) and The Wingate Foundation (£101k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.