Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Anti - Violence and Policing Group

Analysis

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Anti - Violence and Policing Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02969307). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Anti - Violence and Policing Group reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £4.5m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Anti - Violence and Policing Group sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Railway Children (£4.5m), Kent Community Foundation (£4.5m) and Minhaj-Ul-Quran Welfare Foundation (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and trading 7.3%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. Reserves of £957k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.