The Margot and Julian Lew Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Margot and Julian Lew Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Margot and Julian Lew Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £17k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £43k to £29k (-31%), an average of -9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Margot and Julian Lew Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dolmar Trust (£29k), The Basement Advisory Centre (£29k) and Kenya Hope Charity (£29k).