The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation

Analysis

The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Potters Bar. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £30k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £360 to £20k (+5456%), an average of +173% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 1999900%. Over the whole period it spent 984% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hamstreet Victory Hall Fund (£20k), The Bulls Wheelchair Rugby Club (£20k) and The Lisha Foundation (£20k).

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.