The Lyons Charitable Trust
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- The trust does not accept unsolicited requests, so a grant writer should look for a known contact or existing link to the trustees rather than sending a cold application.
- Its stated object covers medical research, homelessness and education, so organisations working outside those fields are unlikely to fit.
- Most of its grants fall between £3,000 and £10,000, with a median of £5,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest grant was £750,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- The trustees say they see distributions to known charitable organisations as the most effective use of their resources, which points to a relationship-led process, and they consider new applications through periodic discussions and meetings, so no set deadlines are stated.
Overview
The Lyons Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1045650).
The Lyons Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1045650). It exists to make grants to organisations focusing on medical research, the homeless and education. The annual report records £811,000 awarded across 12 grants to organisations.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 5 April 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation makes grants to organisations focusing upon medical research, the homeless and education. Its recorded recipients include medical-research and other health charities, mental-health organisations, homelessness and food-support charities, a children’s charity and a print study centre. The trustees describe distributions to known charitable organisations as the most effective use of the foundation’s resources. They review grants already awarded and process new funding applications through periodic discussions and meetings. The grant record includes a substantial medical-research award alongside smaller grants to organisations in these other charitable fields.
Themes
- Medical research
- Homelessness
- Education
How to apply
The trustees process new applications during periodic discussions and meetings, alongside reviewing grants already awarded.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The trustees consider distributions to known charitable organisations the most effective use of the foundation’s resources.
Where they fund
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 12 grants in year to 5 April 2025 by size
Median £5,000 (year to 5 April 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Alzheimer's Research£750,000year to 5 April 2025
- Macmillan Cancer Support£10,000year to 5 April 2025
- Versus Arthritis£10,000year to 5 April 2025
- Children In Need£5,000year to 5 April 2025
- Foodcycle£5,000year to 5 April 2025
- Headway£5,000year to 5 April 2025
- MIND£5,000year to 5 April 2025
- One25£5,000year to 5 April 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 5 April 2021 | £48,175 | £41,955 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2021 |
| year to 5 April 2022 | £53,147 | £109,594 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2022 |
| year to 5 April 2023 | £52,138 | £108,748 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2023 |
| year to 5 April 2024 | £61,578 | £98,570 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2024 |
| year to 5 April 2025 | £66,633 | £834,505 | £811,000 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 5 April 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 5 April 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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