Lha London Ltd

Analysis

Lha London Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00363816). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Lha London Ltd reported income of £19.8m and spending of £11.9m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £9.1m to £19.8m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lha London Ltd sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Kids (£19.3m), War Child (£19.8m) and The Seckford Foundation (£18.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, investments 5.4% and trading 2.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £298.6m would cover about 301 months of spending at that rate. It employed 87 people.