The Dick Lucas Trust

Analysis

The Dick Lucas Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dick Lucas Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £100k, spending 904% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £11k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 500% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Dick Lucas Trust sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Uffculme Trust (£11k), Brownhills Excelsior Spiritualist Church (£11k) and Firestarters Wales (£11k).

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.