Lost Chord UK

Analysis

Lost Chord UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2003, 23 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 04793062). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Lost Chord UK reported income of £108k and spending of £152k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £127k to £108k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lost Chord UK sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manningham Mills Sports and Community Association (£108k), The Benevolent Fund of the College of Optometrists & the Association of Optometrists (£108k) and The Magdalene Project (£108k).

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.