Park Lane Foundation

Analysis

Park Lane Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Park Lane Foundation reported income of £452k and spending of £256k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £325k to £452k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Park Lane Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Janet Nash Charitable Settlement (£450k), Middle East Media (£453k) and Anadarus Limited (£449k).