The Lindsay Foundation

Analysis

The Lindsay Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, overseas aid/famine relief and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04926563). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Lindsay Foundation reported income of £35k and spending of £38k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £36k to £35k (-2.7%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Lindsay Foundation sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royston Old Barn (£35k), Together Leicester (£35k) and Muchinjikwa Projects (£35k).

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.