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Registered charity · Staffordshire

The Lyme Trust

2.1 the charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit, to prevent and relieve hardship and distress amongst people, within the area of benefit primarily, but not limited to, Newcastle under Lyme and...

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Staffordshire
Website
www.thelymetrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Lyme Trust
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£1.3m
  • 2024£1.4m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.2m£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2021£1.3m£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 99%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 the charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit, to prevent and relieve hardship and distress amongst people, within the area of benefit primarily, but not limited to, Newcastle under Lyme and surrounding areas, who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless and who are in need by reason of their mental health, disability, addiction issues, financial hardship or other disadvantage, in particular but not exclusively by providing accommodation, support, training, education and activities which develop their skills with a view to helping them settle back into independent living.

Grants received

5 grants · £83,748 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

5y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Education 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.4 in 2021

21 from 28 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1048549
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 JUNE 1995 as amended on 08 Aug 2024
Companies House
Company number 03067374 · Active
Contact on the register
01782634510 · contact@thelymetrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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