SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY

Registered charity 202939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael George Angell
• Rev Heather de Gruyther
• Rev Lara Bloom
• Stuart Hutton
• The Rt Revd Robert Wilfred Springett · trustee of 2 other charities
• The Venerable Katrina Scott · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes.

• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes income £136k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, AYLESFORD income £118k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH income £173k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY BRYANSTON SQUARE WITH ST MARK ST MARYLEBONE income £1.4m
• SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST income £114k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS income £227k

Side by side with its peers

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