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SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY

Registered charity 202939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£354k
Latest spending
£405k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £432,690, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £225,000. However, liquid available assets were only £40,123, with the majority of funds held in long-term investments, requiring drawdowns from the endowment to meet grant commitments.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £225,000 (held: £433k)
“The Trustees have reviewed the level of Reserves to be held and as from 1 September 2022 agreed that the Reserve should be held at £225,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Total income
£501k
Total spending
£348k
Cost of raising funds
£50k
Reserves (reported)
£225k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£354k£405k
30/09/2024£388k£498k
30/09/2023£501k£348k
30/09/2022£506k£764k
30/09/2021£465k£393k

Common questions

Is SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £432,690, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £225,000. However, liquid available assets were only £40,123, with the majority of funds held in long-term investments, requiring drawdowns from the endowment to meet grant commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP.

Who funds SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES, LECKHAMPTON WITH ST CHRISTOPHER'S, WARDEN HILL.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES, LECKHAMPTON WITH ST CHRISTOPHER'S, WARDEN HILLFY2023£5k

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