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the lawson trust cio

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and other charities or voluntary bodies. The Lawson Trust CIO is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Kent and operates in East Sussex, Kent, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The CIO is a grant making charity concentrating support to organisations in the south east of England. The trustees concentrate their support on the following:? Arts and Heritage? Education? Environment? Health? Social & economic disadvantageThe trustees do not support:? Individuals? Non registered charities? Overseas charities? Political parties? Promotion of religion

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£784,323
Latest Expenditure
£895,025

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 99.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 86.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 14.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £784,323
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £776,778
Raising Funds £118,247
Governance £15,440
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£784,323£895,025£776,778£21,180,660£21,180,6600 / 0
2023£720,055£793,193£674,590£21,682,109£21,682,1090 / 0
2022£1,006,054£1,325,336£1,220,500£22,347,131£563,5560 / 0
2021£1,187,939£521,816£427,183£21,613,109£632,8380 / 0
2020£653,668£1,789,210£1,702,064£18,505,491£66,7150 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers