The London Community Foundation

Analysis

The London Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04383269). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The London Community Foundation reported income of £9.3m and spending of £10.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £21.5m to £9.3m (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 London Community Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust (£9.3m), Woking Hospice (£9.3m) and Magen David Adom UK (£9.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, investments 9.8% and charitable activities 3.1%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.6m. Reserves of £727k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

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.