Chris Lucas Trust

Analysis

Chris Lucas Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallsend. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chris Lucas Trust reported income of £95k and spending of £94k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £68k to £95k (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. 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, Chris Lucas Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Patrick Stead Hospital (£95k), The York Bridge Club (£95k) and Rema UK (£95k).