Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society

Analysis

Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04590396). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.5m (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empowerment Charity Lancashire (£2.5m), Liver UK (£2.5m) and Autism Bedfordshire (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 2.0% and trading 1.6%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £739k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 76 people.