London Catalyst

Analysis

London Catalyst is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03460296). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, London Catalyst reported income of £401k and spending of £486k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £253k to £401k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, London Catalyst sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Rhyl Young Peoples Project (£400k), Sir Graham Wylie Foundation (£401k) and Newmarket Day Centre CIO (£400k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.