The Bishop of Southwark's Lent Fund

Analysis

The Bishop of Southwark's Lent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bishop of Southwark's Lent Fund reported income of £44k and spending of £89k, spending 202% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £67k to £44k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Bishop of Southwark's Lent Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Classrooms for Kenya (£44k), The Golden Marigold Club (£44k) and Poor Vicar's Charity (£44k).