The Lucy Faithfull Foundation

Analysis

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromsgrove. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02729957). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation reported income of £5.2m and spending of £4.6m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £5.2m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Council of the Inns of Court (£5.2m), Home-Start UK (£5.2m) and Institute for Strategic Dialogue (£5.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, donations and legacies 4.7% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,000. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 89 people.