European Lung Foundation

Analysis

European Lung Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05718525). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, European Lung Foundation reported income of £498k and spending of £572k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £663k to £498k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, European Lung Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cornerstone Works Ltd (£498k), Mentell (£498k) and The Brigstowe Project (£498k).

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.