The Lacrosse Foundation

Analysis

The Lacrosse Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lacrosse Foundation reported income of £44k and spending of £118k, spending 267% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £44k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 205%. Over the whole period it spent 268% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Lacrosse Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gamlingay and Gransden Scout Group (£44k), The Chorley Community Trust (£44k) and Ludlow Swimming Club (£44k).

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.