The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation reported income of £33k and spending of £41k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £8,231 to £33k (+302%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pro-Active Lifestyle Water Activities Club (£33k), Friends of the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit (£33k) and The Island of Portland Heritage Trust (£33k).