Lotus Relief Charitable Trust

Analysis

Lotus Relief Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lotus Relief Charitable Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £45k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £25k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 214% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lotus Relief Charitable Trust 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 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vessels of Honour Ministries (£25k), All Hands and Hearts ( UK ) Trust (£25k) and The Maiden Factor Foundation (£25k).

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.