THE CHRISTOPHER LOMAS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1159453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity will provide cash grants to charities, as well as other forms of financial support, focusing upon health/healthcare and amateur sport charities, as well as other charities in other sectors. It will support charities in particular on a local Bristol area basis and South-West of England/Bristol/Gloucestershire regional basis, as well as support at a national/international level.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£137k

Latest spending

£21k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £1,503,102 as of 5 April 2025, an increase from £1,391,076 in the prior year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a minimum of £50,000 to be retained in liquid funds, a threshold significantly exceeded by the current balance. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £112,026 for the year, driven primarily by donations and investment income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £50,000 to be retained in liquid funds (held: £1.5m)

“The trustees have an agreed reserves policy with a minimum of £50,000 to be retained in liquid funds.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

MR C J LOMASchair
MISS E F LOMAS
MRS H L LOMAS
STEPHEN PALLISTER · trustee of 3 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£137k	£21k
05/04/2024	£131k	£22k
05/04/2023	£125k	£20k
05/04/2022	£156k	£21k
05/04/2021	£268k	£14k

Common questions

Is THE CHRISTOPHER LOMAS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £1,503,102 as of 5 April 2025, an increase from £1,391,076 in the prior year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a minimum of £50,000 to be retained in liquid funds, a threshold significantly exceeded by the current balance. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £112,026 for the year, driven primarily by donations and investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION.

THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION income £8.1m
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £443k
LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £965k
THE ASAMAA CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k
THE LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £142k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST income £125k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHRISTOPHER LOMAS CHARITABLE TRUST	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION FY2025	£8.1m	—	within	—	no doubt
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£443k	—	above	—	no doubt
LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£965k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ASAMAA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£142k	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.