Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 237725
John Lyon's Charity: grants and who they fund
John Lyon's Charity published 632 grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 11 Mar 2026, worth £48.5m in total. The typical (median) grant was £18k, and Multiple Boroughs was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
John Lyon's Charity gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 who live in nine boroughs in northwest London. Grants are awarded to registered charities and organisations with automatic charitable status.
Charitable objects (governing document):
(1) the object of the charity shall be to further all or any of the following purposes:- (a) the relief of the aged, disabled or poor inhabitants of the London boroughs of barnet, brent, camden, ealing, hammersmith and fulham, harrow and the royal borough of kensington and chelsea and the cities of London and westminister (the inhabitants of those areas being referred to in this clause as "the inhabitants"); (b) the relief of distress and sickness among the inhabitants; …
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Barnet
- Brent
- Camden
- City Of London
- City Of Westminster
- Ealing
- Hammersmith And Fulham
- Harrow
- Kensington And Chelsea
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 11 Mar 2026. Smallest £350, largest £1.3m, average £77k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 12 | 2% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 119 | 19% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 171 | 27% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 56 | 9% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 57 | 9% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 165 | 26% |
| £250,000 or more | 52 | 8% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | £4.1m |
| 2025 | 224 | £16.5m |
| 2024 | 269 | £20.5m |
| 2023 | 83 | £7.5m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Main Grant | 308 | £122k |
| School Holiday Activity Fund | 206 | £5,000 |
| Arts in Schools Grant | 83 | £5,000 |
| Bursary | 19 | £48k |
| Small Grant | 12 | £4,600 |
| Micro Grant | 4 | £481 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyon School | 4 | £1.7m | 26 Sept 2024 |
| Harrow School Bursaries | 4 | £1.5m | 26 Sept 2024 |
| The Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon, within the Town of Harrow-on-the-Hill | 1 | £1.3m | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Young Ealing Foundation | 6 | £1.1m | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Young Brent Foundation | 5 | £738k | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Home-Start Barnet | 3 | £675k | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Young K&C | 3 | £600k | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation | 3 | £600k | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Brent Centre for Young People | 3 | £575k | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Young Camden Foundation | 2 | £555k | 5 Jun 2025 |
| DreamArts | 4 | £526k | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Young Harrow Foundation | 4 | £518k | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Action on Disability | 3 | £510k | 20 Nov 2025 |
| The Primary Shakespeare Company | 4 | £434k | 29 Apr 2025 |
| English National Ballet | 2 | £415k | 13 Jun 2024 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Multiple Boroughs | 64 |
| Ealing | 53 |
| Brent | 49 |
| Harrow | 48 |
| Camden | 47 |
| Barnet | 44 |
| Westminster | 26 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 26 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 26 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 17 |
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Source: grants data published by John Lyon's Charity through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 632 grants to organisations awarded 4 Oct 2023 to 11 Mar 2026. Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.
Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from John Lyon's Charity, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to John Lyon's Charity.