The Foundation Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Foundation Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Foundation Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £21k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £3,102 to £12k (+300%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 255% 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 Foundation Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baquiatus Swalehaat (£12k), Southbourne (West Sussex ) Lions Club (CIO) (£12k) and Atmachaithanya Charitable Trust (UK) (£12k).

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.